Temple 12: Shōsanji
E358118
Temple 12: Shōsanji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as one of the sacred stops on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage associated with Kūkai.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temple 12: Shōsanji canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3413485 — 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 12: Shōsanji Context triple: [Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage, hasPart, Temple 12: Shōsanji]
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A.
Temple 11: Fujidera
Temple 11: Fujidera is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture that serves as the eleventh stop on Japan’s famous Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage.
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B.
Temple 30: Zenrakuji
Temple 30: Zenrakuji is a Buddhist temple in Japan that serves as the 30th stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage route.
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C.
Temple 10: Kirihataji
Temple 10: Kirihataji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as the tenth stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage associated with Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi).
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D.
Temple 7: Jūrakuji
Temple 7: Jūrakuji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as the seventh stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage route.
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E.
Temple 9: Hōrinji
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.
- 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 12: Shōsanji Target entity description: Temple 12: Shōsanji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as one of the sacred stops on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage associated with Kūkai.
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A.
Temple 11: Fujidera
Temple 11: Fujidera is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture that serves as the eleventh stop on Japan’s famous Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage.
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B.
Temple 30: Zenrakuji
Temple 30: Zenrakuji is a Buddhist temple in Japan that serves as the 30th stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage route.
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C.
Temple 10: Kirihataji
Temple 10: Kirihataji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as the tenth stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage associated with Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi).
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D.
Temple 7: Jūrakuji
Temple 7: Jūrakuji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as the seventh stop on the historic Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage route.
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E.
Temple 9: Hōrinji
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
Shikoku Pilgrimage temple ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Shosanji Temple
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Shōsan-ji ⓘ |
| associatedTradition | Shingon Buddhism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kūkai ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Japanese Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasFeature | sacred site on historic pilgrimage route ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimageOrder | 12th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage ⓘ |
| hasVisitorType |
pilgrims
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| heritage | Japanese Buddhist heritage site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Japan
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Tokushima Prefecture ⓘ Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Shikoku ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage
ⓘ
Shikoku Henro ⓘ
linked to:
Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage
|
| pilgrimageNumber | 12 ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | place of worship ⓘ |
| tourismType | religious tourism destination ⓘ |
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: Temple 12: Shōsanji Description of subject: Temple 12: Shōsanji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, known as one of the sacred stops 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.