Kozan-ji

E527742

Buddhist temple UNESCO World Heritage Site component

Kozan-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its ancient cultural treasures and inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage listing of Kyoto’s monuments.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kōzan-ji	2
Kozan-ji canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5389773 — 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: Kozan-ji
Context triple: [Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, contains, Kozan-ji]

A. Nanzen-ji
Nanzen-ji is a major Zen Buddhist temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic architecture, serene gardens, and status as one of the most important Zen temples in the country.
B. Ryōzenji
Ryōzenji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, best known as the traditional starting point of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage.
C. Zenkō-ji Temple
Zenkō-ji Temple is a historic and highly revered Buddhist temple in Nagano, Japan, known as one of the country’s most important pilgrimage sites.
D. Zentsū-ji Temple
Zentsū-ji Temple is a major Shingon Buddhist temple in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, revered as the birthplace of the monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) and one of the 88 temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
E. Kyo-o-gokoku-ji
Kyo-o-gokoku-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its towering five-story pagoda and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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: Kozan-ji
Target entity description: Kozan-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its ancient cultural treasures and inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage listing of Kyoto’s monuments.

A. Nanzen-ji
Nanzen-ji is a major Zen Buddhist temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historic architecture, serene gardens, and status as one of the most important Zen temples in the country.
B. Ryōzenji
Ryōzenji is a Buddhist temple in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, best known as the traditional starting point of the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage.
C. Zenkō-ji Temple
Zenkō-ji Temple is a historic and highly revered Buddhist temple in Nagano, Japan, known as one of the country’s most important pilgrimage sites.
D. Zentsū-ji Temple
Zentsū-ji Temple is a major Shingon Buddhist temple in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, revered as the birthplace of the monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) and one of the 88 temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
E. Kyo-o-gokoku-ji
Kyo-o-gokoku-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its towering five-story pagoda and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist temple ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
architecturalStyle	traditional Japanese temple architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Kegon Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Huayan / Kegon Myōe Shōnin ⓘ linked to: Myōe
BuddhistSchool	Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
BuddhistSect	Kegon sect ⓘ linked to: Kegon school
Chōjū-gigaStatus	National Treasure of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important center of medieval Japanese Buddhism ⓘ repository of classical Japanese art ⓘ
foundedBy	Myōe ⓘ
foundedInCentury	8th century ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Kōzan-ji ⓘ linked to: Kozan-ji
hasArtwork	Chōjū-giga scrolls ⓘ
hasBuilding	Sekisui-in ⓘ
hasCollection	Buddhist sutras ⓘ historical documents ⓘ
hasCulturalPropertyStatus	Important Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ linked to: Important Cultural Properties of Japan
hasGarden	traditional Japanese garden ⓘ
hasReligiousFunction	place of Buddhist worship ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Treasure of Japan (buildings and art) ⓘ linked to: National Treasures of Japan UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
includedIn	Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto UNESCO listing ⓘ linked to: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
knownFor	Chōjū-giga animal caricature scrolls ⓘ linked to: Chōjū-giga scrolls
languageOfName	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Honshu ⓘ Japan Alps foothills (broad region) ⓘ linked to: Chubu region of Japan Kyoto City ⓘ linked to: Kyoto Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ Toganoo ⓘ linked to: Tobishima Ukyo-ku ⓘ
notableFor	Buddhist scriptures ⓘ ancient cultural treasures ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ scenic mountain setting ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
region	western Kyoto ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
reorganizedInCentury	13th century ⓘ
Sekisui-inStatus	National Treasure of Japan ⓘ linked to: National Treasures of Japan
setting	mountain temple ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
UNESCOListingYear	1994 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteComponentOf	Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) ⓘ linked to: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
UNESCOSiteId	688 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto → contains → Kozan-ji ⓘ

Kyoto metropolitan area → hasCulturalHeritageSite → Kōzan-ji ⓘ

linked to: Kozan-ji

Kozan-ji → hasAlternateName → Kōzan-ji ⓘ