Konkō Daijin
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Konkō Daijin is the 19th-century Japanese religious leader revered as the founder and central deity figure of the Konkokyo faith, which emphasizes sincere faith, mutual help, and harmony with the divine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Konkō Daijin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7646888 — 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: Konkō Daijin Context triple: [Konkokyo, foundedBy, Konkō Daijin]
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A.
Mishima Taisha
Mishima Taisha is a prominent Shinto shrine in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, revered for its historical significance and role as a major regional religious center.
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B.
Nigatsu-dō
Nigatsu-dō is a prominent sub-temple hall within the Tōdai-ji complex in Nara, Japan, renowned for its annual Shuni-e (Omizutori) Buddhist repentance ceremony.
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C.
Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon
Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon is a towering statue of the Buddhist deity Kannon in Takasaki, Japan, renowned as a prominent religious and sightseeing landmark.
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D.
Kasuga Taisha
Kasuga Taisha is an ancient Shinto shrine in Nara, Japan, renowned for its thousands of stone and bronze lanterns and its deep historical and cultural significance.
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E.
Dazaifu Tenmangū
Dazaifu Tenmangū is a major Shinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to the deified scholar and politician Sugawara no Michizane, revered as Tenjin, the god of learning.
- 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: Konkō Daijin Target entity description: Konkō Daijin is the 19th-century Japanese religious leader revered as the founder and central deity figure of the Konkokyo faith, which emphasizes sincere faith, mutual help, and harmony with the divine.
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A.
Mishima Taisha
Mishima Taisha is a prominent Shinto shrine in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, revered for its historical significance and role as a major regional religious center.
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B.
Nigatsu-dō
Nigatsu-dō is a prominent sub-temple hall within the Tōdai-ji complex in Nara, Japan, renowned for its annual Shuni-e (Omizutori) Buddhist repentance ceremony.
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C.
Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon
Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon is a towering statue of the Buddhist deity Kannon in Takasaki, Japan, renowned as a prominent religious and sightseeing landmark.
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D.
Kasuga Taisha
Kasuga Taisha is an ancient Shinto shrine in Nara, Japan, renowned for its thousands of stone and bronze lanterns and its deep historical and cultural significance.
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E.
Dazaifu Tenmangū
Dazaifu Tenmangū is a major Shinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to the deified scholar and politician Sugawara no Michizane, revered as Tenjin, the god of learning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese person
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Shintō religious figure ⓘ founder of religion ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
divine-parent relationship
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everyday life as place of faith practice ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Tenchi Kane no Kami ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Konkokyo ⓘ |
| birthName | Kawate Bunjiro ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Konkokyo festivals ⓘ |
| coreTeaching |
harmony with the divine
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living in gratefulness to the divine ⓘ mediation between people and deity through prayer ⓘ mutual help among people ⓘ sincere faith in Tenchi Kane no Kami ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| emphasisInTeachings |
gratitude to the divine in all circumstances
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helping one another ⓘ practical faith in daily life ⓘ reconciliation and harmony ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Kawate ⓘ |
| founderOf | Konkokyo ⓘ |
| givenName | Bunjiro ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Oya-sama ⓘ |
| influenced | development of new religious movements in Japan ⓘ |
| languageOfTeachings | Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Konkō Daijin ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Bitchū Province
NERFINISHED
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present-day Okayama Prefecture ⓘ
linked to:
Okayama Prefecture
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| placeOfBirth |
Bitchū Province
NERFINISHED
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present-day Okayama Prefecture ⓘ |
| region |
Chūgoku region of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Chūgoku region
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| religionFounded | Konkokyo ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Shintō
ⓘ
linked to:
Shinto
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| roleInKonkokyo |
central figure of veneration
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founder ⓘ |
| spiritualRole |
intercessor between humans and deity
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teacher of faith in Tenchi Kane no Kami ⓘ |
| typeOfFounder | founder of a Japanese new religion ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
mediator between humans and Tenchi Kane no Kami
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parental deity figure in Konkokyo ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
Konkokyo churches
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linked to:
Konkokyo
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How these facts were elicited
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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: Konkō Daijin Description of subject: Konkō Daijin is the 19th-century Japanese religious leader revered as the founder and central deity figure of the Konkokyo faith, which emphasizes sincere faith, mutual help, and harmony with the divine.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.