Gokurakubō (Paradise Hall)
E491290
Gokurakubō (Paradise Hall) is a historic Buddhist worship hall within the ancient Gangō-ji temple complex in Nara, Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gokurakubō (Paradise Hall) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5059783 — 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: Gokurakubō (Paradise Hall) Context triple: [Gangō-ji, hasBuilding, Gokurakubō (Paradise Hall)]
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A.
Shinshukyo
Shinshukyo refers to Japan’s “new religions,” a diverse group of modern religious movements that emerged mainly from the late 19th century onward, often blending Shinto, Buddhist, and other spiritual elements.
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B.
Meirokusha
Meirokusha was an influential Meiji-era Japanese intellectual society and journal circle that promoted Western learning, modernization, and political and social reform.
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C.
Tenju-an
Tenju-an is a historic sub-temple within Kyoto’s Nanzen-ji complex, known for its traditional Zen gardens and serene atmosphere.
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D.
Shurakuen Garden
Shurakuen Garden is a traditional Japanese landscape garden in Tsuyama known for its seasonal beauty, ponds, and historic design.
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E.
Rokujo no Miyasudokoro
Rokujo no Miyasudokoro is a proud and aristocratic noblewoman in The Tale of Genji, known for her intense jealousy and the vengeful spirit that haunts Genji’s other lovers.
- 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: Gokurakubō (Paradise Hall) Target entity description: Gokurakubō (Paradise Hall) is a historic Buddhist worship hall within the ancient Gangō-ji temple complex in Nara, Japan.
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A.
Shinshukyo
Shinshukyo refers to Japan’s “new religions,” a diverse group of modern religious movements that emerged mainly from the late 19th century onward, often blending Shinto, Buddhist, and other spiritual elements.
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B.
Meirokusha
Meirokusha was an influential Meiji-era Japanese intellectual society and journal circle that promoted Western learning, modernization, and political and social reform.
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C.
Tenju-an
Tenju-an is a historic sub-temple within Kyoto’s Nanzen-ji complex, known for its traditional Zen gardens and serene atmosphere.
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D.
Shurakuen Garden
Shurakuen Garden is a traditional Japanese landscape garden in Tsuyama known for its seasonal beauty, ponds, and historic design.
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E.
Rokujo no Miyasudokoro
Rokujo no Miyasudokoro is a proud and aristocratic noblewoman in The Tale of Genji, known for her intense jealousy and the vengeful spirit that haunts Genji’s other lovers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist worship hall
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historic structure ⓘ religious building ⓘ |
| architecturalType | temple hall ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gangō-ji school of Buddhism
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linked to:
Hossō school
Nara Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Japanese Buddhism
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| belongsToTradition | Japanese Buddhism ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Japanese Buddhist temple architecture ⓘ |
| function |
hall for Buddhist rituals
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space for veneration of Buddhist images ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Paradise Hall ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 極楽坊 ⓘ |
| heritage | historic Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic building within an ancient temple complex ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gangō-ji temple complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Gangō-ji
Japan ⓘ Nara ⓘ Nara Prefecture ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | ancient Nara period temple complex ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gangō-ji
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historic monuments of ancient Nara (broad cultural context) ⓘ |
| region | Kansai region ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| use | Buddhist worship ⓘ |
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: Gokurakubō (Paradise Hall) Description of subject: Gokurakubō (Paradise Hall) is a historic Buddhist worship hall within the ancient Gangō-ji temple complex in Nara, Japan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.