Amida-dō
E786710
Amida-dō is a significant Buddhist hall within the Enryaku-ji temple complex on Mount Hiei in Japan, dedicated to the worship of Amida Buddha.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amida-dō canonical | 5 |
| Amida Hall | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8967832 — 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: Amida-dō Context triple: [Hieizan Enryaku-ji, notableHall, Amida-dō]
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A.
Shitenno-ji
Shitenno-ji is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples, founded in Osaka in the 6th century and renowned as a major historical and religious site.
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B.
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.
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C.
Ishiyama-dera
Ishiyama-dera is a historic Buddhist temple in Japan renowned for its autumn foliage, cultural treasures, and association with the author of The Tale of Genji.
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D.
To-ji
To-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, famed for its five-story pagoda—the tallest wooden tower in the country—and its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Sengaku-ji Temple
Sengaku-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo best known as the burial site of the Forty-seven Ronin, a famous group of samurai celebrated in Japanese history and culture.
- 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: Amida-dō Target entity description: Amida-dō is a significant Buddhist hall within the Enryaku-ji temple complex on Mount Hiei in Japan, dedicated to the worship of Amida Buddha.
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A.
Shitenno-ji
Shitenno-ji is one of Japan’s oldest Buddhist temples, founded in Osaka in the 6th century and renowned as a major historical and religious site.
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B.
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.
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C.
Ishiyama-dera
Ishiyama-dera is a historic Buddhist temple in Japan renowned for its autumn foliage, cultural treasures, and association with the author of The Tale of Genji.
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D.
To-ji
To-ji is a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, famed for its five-story pagoda—the tallest wooden tower in the country—and its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Sengaku-ji Temple
Sengaku-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Tokyo best known as the burial site of the Forty-seven Ronin, a famous group of samurai celebrated in Japanese history and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Buddhist hall ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Japanese Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Pure Land beliefs ⓘ |
| associatedWithSect | Tendai ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Japanese Buddhism ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Amida Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Amitābha Buddha
|
| dedication | worship of Amida Buddha ⓘ |
| hasDeity |
Amida Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Amitābha Buddha
|
| hasFunction |
hall for Amida Buddha veneration
ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ |
| hasNameInJapaneseScript | 阿弥陀堂 ⓘ |
| heritageType | historic religious site ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Japan
ⓘ
Shiga Prefecture ⓘ Ōtsu ⓘ |
| locatedInComplex | Enryaku-ji ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mount Hiei ⓘ |
| onMountain | Mount Hiei ⓘ |
| partOf |
Enryaku-ji temple complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Enryaku-ji
Mount Hiei temple complex ⓘ
linked to:
Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Buddhist rituals
ⓘ
prayer and meditation ⓘ |
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: Amida-dō Description of subject: Amida-dō is a significant Buddhist hall within the Enryaku-ji temple complex on Mount Hiei in Japan, dedicated to the worship of Amida Buddha.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.