Temple 9: Hōrinji
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Temple 9: Hōrinji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as the ninth stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage associated with Kūkai.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horinji (Temple 9) | 1 |
| Temple 9: Hōrinji canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3413482 — 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: Temple 9: Hōrinji Context triple: [Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage, hasPart, Temple 9: Hōrinji]
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A.
Tenryu-ji 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.
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B.
Sojiwan temple
Sojiwan Temple is a 9th-century Buddhist temple near Prambanan in Central Java, Indonesia, notable for its reliefs and association with the Medang (Mataram) Kingdom.
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C.
Osu Kannon Temple
Osu Kannon Temple is a prominent Buddhist temple and popular cultural and shopping-area centerpiece located in the Ōsu district of Nagoya, Japan.
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D.
Enryaku-ji
Enryaku-ji is a historic Tendai Buddhist monastery complex on Mount Hiei, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Japan’s most important religious centers.
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E.
Gotokuji Temple
Gotokuji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo famed as the birthplace of the beckoning cat (maneki-neko) legend and its thousands of cat figurines.
- 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: Temple 9: Hōrinji Target entity description: Temple 9: Hōrinji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as the ninth stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage associated with Kūkai.
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A.
Tenryu-ji 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.
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B.
Sojiwan temple
Sojiwan Temple is a 9th-century Buddhist temple near Prambanan in Central Java, Indonesia, notable for its reliefs and association with the Medang (Mataram) Kingdom.
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C.
Osu Kannon Temple
Osu Kannon Temple is a prominent Buddhist temple and popular cultural and shopping-area centerpiece located in the Ōsu district of Nagoya, Japan.
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D.
Enryaku-ji
Enryaku-ji is a historic Tendai Buddhist monastery complex on Mount Hiei, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Japan’s most important religious centers.
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E.
Gotokuji Temple
Gotokuji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo famed as the birthplace of the beckoning cat (maneki-neko) legend and its thousands of cat figurines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
Shikoku Pilgrimage temple ⓘ Shingon Buddhist temple ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kūkai ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Kūkai ⓘ |
| hasAccessType | publicly accessible religious site ⓘ |
| hasAffiliation | Shingon Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Temple 9: Hōrinji
ⓘ
surface form:
Horinji (Temple 9)
Hōrin-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedFigure |
Kukai
ⓘ
surface form:
Kōbō Daishi
|
| hasCulturalContext | Japanese Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
site of Buddhist rituals
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site of pilgrimage rites ⓘ |
| hasDedication |
Shakyamuni Buddha
ⓘ
surface form:
Buddha Shakyamuni
|
| hasFunction |
pilgrimage site
ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ |
| hasGeographicContext |
Shikoku coast
ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Shikoku
|
| hasHeritageType | historic temple ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 法輪寺 ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimagePractice |
Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage
ⓘ
surface form:
o-henro (Shikoku pilgrimage)
|
| hasPilgrimageRegionSection | Awa no kuni ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimageRole | ninth temple on Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryScript | kanji ⓘ |
| hasRegionalSignificance | important temple in Tokushima Prefecture ⓘ |
| hasReligiousOrder |
Shingon Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Shingon sect
|
| hasReligiousTradition |
Vajrayana
ⓘ
surface form:
Esoteric Buddhism
|
| hasStructureType | temple complex ⓘ |
| hasTourismType |
cultural tourism destination
ⓘ
religious tourism destination ⓘ |
| isNumberedTempleOf | Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ |
| isStopOn |
Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage
ⓘ
surface form:
Shikoku Henro
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| locatedIn |
Awa region
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Japan ⓘ Tokushima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Shikoku ⓘ |
| mainDeity |
Shaka Nyorai
ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form:
Śākyamuni Buddha
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| partOf | Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ |
| pilgrimageNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| positionInShikokuPilgrimage | 9 ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Temple 9: Hōrinji Description of subject: Temple 9: Hōrinji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as the ninth stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage associated with Kūkai.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Horinji (Temple 9)