Kobo Daishi
E75515
Buddhist scholar
Japanese Buddhist monk
calligrapher
cultural figure of Japan
engineer
esoteric Buddhist master
founder of a Buddhist school
poet
religious leader
Kobo Daishi, also known as Kukai, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, and founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism who became one of Japan’s most revered religious figures.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kobo Daishi canonical | 11 |
| Kōbō Daishi | 2 |
| Daishi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T574405 — 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: Kobo Daishi Context triple: [Shikoku, pilgrimageAssociatedWith, Kobo Daishi]
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A.
Den Kenjirō
Den Kenjirō was a Japanese statesman and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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B.
Doso Doyabi
Doso Doyabi is a mountain peak located within the Snake Range in the western United States.
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C.
Kodama Gentarō
Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Shōhō
Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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E.
Kyuji Fujikawa
Kyuji Fujikawa is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher best known as a dominant closer in Nippon Professional Baseball and a longtime star for the Hanshin Tigers.
- 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: Kobo Daishi Target entity description: Kobo Daishi, also known as Kukai, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, and founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism who became one of Japan’s most revered religious figures.
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A.
Den Kenjirō
Den Kenjirō was a Japanese statesman and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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B.
Doso Doyabi
Doso Doyabi is a mountain peak located within the Snake Range in the western United States.
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C.
Kodama Gentarō
Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Shōhō
Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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E.
Kyuji Fujikawa
Kyuji Fujikawa is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher best known as a dominant closer in Nippon Professional Baseball and a longtime star for the Hanshin Tigers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist scholar
ⓘ
Japanese Buddhist monk ⓘ calligrapher ⓘ cultural figure of Japan ⓘ engineer ⓘ esoteric Buddhist master ⓘ founder of a Buddhist school ⓘ poet ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kukai
ⓘ
Kobo Daishi ⓘ
surface form:
Kōbō Daishi
|
| associatedWith |
Shingon Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Koyasan Shingon-shu
Mount Koya Buddhist monastic complex ⓘ
surface form:
Mount Koya
To-ji Temple ⓘ |
| birthDate | 774 ⓘ |
| birthName | Kukai ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Sanuki Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kagawa Prefecture ⓘ
surface form:
present-day Kagawa Prefecture
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 835 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Koyasan, Wakayama Prefecture
ⓘ
Mount Koya Buddhist monastic complex ⓘ
surface form:
Mount Koya
|
| education | studied in Tang China ⓘ |
| era | Heian period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| founderOf |
Shingon Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Shingon esoteric Buddhism
Shingon Buddhism ⓘ
surface form:
Shingon school of Buddhism
|
| honoraryTitle | Kobo Daishi self-link ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese Buddhism
ⓘ
Japanese calligraphy ⓘ Japanese culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to Japanese calligraphy
ⓘ
designing irrigation projects ⓘ establishing Mount Koya as a monastic center ⓘ introducing esoteric Buddhism to Japan ⓘ philanthropic works ⓘ promoting the use of kana syllabary ⓘ systematizing Shingon doctrine ⓘ |
| language |
Classical Chinese
ⓘ
Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Shōrai mokuroku
ⓘ
Sokushin jōbutsu gi ⓘ Ten Stages of the Development of Mind ⓘ |
| pilgrimageAssociated | Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage ⓘ |
| posthumousTitleYear | 921 ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousSchool | Shingon Buddhism ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Huiguo ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Shingon esoteric practices ⓘ |
| titleGrantedBy | Emperor Daigo ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | saint in Japanese Buddhism ⓘ |
| veneratedAt | Koyasan Okunoin ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Kobo Daishi Description of subject: Kobo Daishi, also known as Kukai, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, and founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism who became one of Japan’s most revered religious figures.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kōbō Daishi
this entity surface form:
Kōbō Daishi
subject surface form:
To-ji