Tenryu-ji Temple
E287316
Buddhist temple
Historic site in Japan
Rinzai Zen temple
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Zen Buddhist temple
Tenryu-ji Temple is a major Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic landscape garden and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tenryu-ji Temple canonical | 6 |
| Tenryū-ji | 2 |
| Tenryu-ji monastic community | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2567005 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tenryu-ji Temple Context triple: [Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, near, Tenryu-ji Temple]
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A.
Senso-ji Temple
Senso-ji Temple is Tokyo’s oldest and most famous Buddhist temple, renowned for its iconic Kaminarimon gate and bustling Nakamise shopping street.
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B.
Shitennoji Temple
Shitennoji Temple is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples, founded in Osaka in the 6th century and known for its historic architecture and religious significance.
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C.
Sengaku-ji Temple
Sengaku-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo best known as the burial site of the Forty-seven Ronin, a famous group of samurai celebrated in Japanese history and culture.
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D.
Tōshōdai-ji
Tōshōdai-ji is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, renowned for its well-preserved classical architecture and association with the Chinese monk Jianzhen (Ganjin).
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E.
Zojo-ji Temple
Zojo-ji Temple is a historic Jodo Buddhist temple in central Tokyo, known for its grand main gate, cultural heritage, and scenic setting near Tokyo Tower.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tenryu-ji Temple Target entity description: Tenryu-ji Temple is a major Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic landscape garden and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A.
Senso-ji Temple
Senso-ji Temple is Tokyo’s oldest and most famous Buddhist temple, renowned for its iconic Kaminarimon gate and bustling Nakamise shopping street.
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B.
Shitennoji Temple
Shitennoji Temple is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples, founded in Osaka in the 6th century and known for its historic architecture and religious significance.
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C.
Sengaku-ji Temple
Sengaku-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo best known as the burial site of the Forty-seven Ronin, a famous group of samurai celebrated in Japanese history and culture.
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D.
Tōshōdai-ji
Tōshōdai-ji is an 8th-century Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, renowned for its well-preserved classical architecture and association with the Chinese monk Jianzhen (Ganjin).
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E.
Zojo-ji Temple
Zojo-ji Temple is a historic Jodo Buddhist temple in central Tokyo, known for its grand main gate, cultural heritage, and scenic setting near Tokyo Tower.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
Historic site in Japan ⓘ Rinzai Zen temple ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ Zen Buddhist temple ⓘ |
| belongsToSect |
Myōshin-ji school
ⓘ
surface form:
Tenryu-ji branch of Rinzai
|
| completedIn | mid-14th century ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Ashikaga Takauji
ⓘ
Musō Soseki ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1339 ⓘ |
| gardenDesigner | Musō Soseki ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Tenryu-ji Temple
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tenryu-ji monastic community
|
| hasArtwork | Unryū-zu (Cloud Dragon painting) ⓘ |
| hasBuilding |
Hatto (Dharma Hall)
ⓘ
surface form:
Hattō (Dharma Hall)
hojo (abbot’s quarters) ⓘ
surface form:
Hōjō (Abbot’s Quarters)
Kuri (monks’ quarters) ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeFeature |
Sogenchi Pond
ⓘ
borrowed scenery garden ⓘ pond garden ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttraction | Zen garden views of Arashiyama ⓘ |
| headTempleOf | Tenryu-ji branch of Rinzai Zen ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Historic Site of Japan
ⓘ
Place of Scenic Beauty (Japan) ⓘ
surface form:
Special Place of Scenic Beauty of Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Rinzai Zen architecture
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage status
historic landscape garden ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arashiyama district
ⓘ
surface form:
Arashiyama
Kyoto ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| mainDeity | Shaka Nyorai ⓘ |
| near | Arashiyama Bamboo Grove ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| originalPurpose | memorial temple for Emperor Go-Daigo ⓘ |
| partOf | Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ⓘ |
| rebuiltInPeriod | Edo period ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form:
Zen Buddhism
|
| religiousSchool |
Rinzai
ⓘ
surface form:
Rinzai school
|
| sufferedEvent |
destruction during Ōnin War
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multiple fires in its history ⓘ |
| transportAccess | near Saga-Arashiyama Station ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1994 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tenryu-ji Temple Description of subject: Tenryu-ji Temple is a major Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic landscape garden and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tenryū-ji
this entity surface form:
Tenryū-ji
subject surface form:
Saga-Arashiyama Station
subject surface form:
Tenryu-ji
this entity surface form:
Tenryu-ji monastic community