Nijūnisha
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Nijūnisha refers to the group of twenty-two elite Shinto shrines that held special imperial patronage and status in classical Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nijūnisha canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3040178 — 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: Nijūnisha Context triple: [Atsuta Shrine, shrineRank, Nijūnisha]
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A.
Shinkiari
Shinkiari is a town in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known for its agricultural surroundings and its location along the Karakoram Highway near Mansehra.
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B.
Umihotaru
Umihotaru is a man-made island in Tokyo Bay that serves as a rest area and service complex along the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line expressway.
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C.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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D.
Aishō
Aishō is a town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known for its rural character and historical sites.
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E.
Núuchi-u
Núuchi-u is the autonym used by the Ute people, an Indigenous group native to the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States.
- 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: Nijūnisha Target entity description: Nijūnisha refers to the group of twenty-two elite Shinto shrines that held special imperial patronage and status in classical Japan.
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A.
Shinkiari
Shinkiari is a town in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known for its agricultural surroundings and its location along the Karakoram Highway near Mansehra.
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B.
Umihotaru
Umihotaru is a man-made island in Tokyo Bay that serves as a rest area and service complex along the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line expressway.
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C.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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D.
Aishō
Aishō is a town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known for its rural character and historical sites.
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E.
Núuchi-u
Núuchi-u is the autonym used by the Ute people, an Indigenous group native to the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of Shinto shrines
ⓘ
religious institution grouping ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
State Shinto
ⓘ
surface form:
State Shinto (pre-modern antecedents)
|
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Fushimi Inari Taisha
ⓘ
Gion Shrine ⓘ
surface form:
Gion-sha (Yasaka Jinja)
Hakozaki-gū NERFINISHED ⓘ Hirano Jinja ⓘ Hirota Jinja NERFINISHED ⓘ Hiyoshi Taisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Ise Grand Shrine ⓘ
surface form:
Ise Jingū
Isonokami Jinja NERFINISHED ⓘ Iwashimizu Hachimangū NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamo Mioya Jinja ⓘ Kamo Mioya-jinja ⓘ
surface form:
Kamo Wakeikazuchi Jinja
Kashima Jingū NERFINISHED ⓘ Kasuga Taisha ⓘ Katori Jingū NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamo Mioya Jinja ⓘ
surface form:
Kibune Jinja
Kifune Jinja ⓘ Kitano Tenmangū NERFINISHED ⓘ Matsunoo Taisha Shrine ⓘ
surface form:
Matsunoo Taisha
Niiname-no-miya (as imperial harvest shrine) ⓘ Niu Kawakami Jinja ⓘ Ōharano Jinja ⓘ
surface form:
Oharano Jinja
Sumiyoshi Taisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Umenomiya Taisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Usa Jingū ⓘ Yoshida Jinja NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōharano Jinja ⓘ Ōmiwa Jinja ⓘ Ōyamato Jinja ONDG ⓘ |
| hasSelectionCriterion |
importance to imperial house
ⓘ
political significance ⓘ ritual significance ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
elite shrines
ⓘ
imperially patronized shrines ⓘ officially recognized shrines ⓘ |
| hasType | imperial shrine grouping ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| numberOfShrines | 22 ⓘ |
| patron |
Imperial court of Japan (historically)
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese imperial court
|
| period | classical Japan ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| seeAlso |
Kanpei-taisha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shikinaisha ⓘ Shinto shrine ranking system ⓘ |
| translation | Twenty-Two Shrines ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nijūnisha Description of subject: Nijūnisha refers to the group of twenty-two elite Shinto shrines that held special imperial patronage and status in classical Japan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.