Fūjin
E815578
Fūjin is the Japanese Shinto god of wind, often depicted as a fearsome demon-like figure carrying a large bag of winds.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9689035 — 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: Fūjin Context triple: [Kaminarimon, hasStatue, Fūjin]
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A.
Shōryaku
Shōryaku was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the late 10th century, used during the reign of Emperor Shirakawa.
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B.
Genmei
Genmei was an 8th-century Japanese empress of the Nara period known for establishing the capital at Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara).
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C.
Yamate
Yamate is a historic hillside district in Yokohama known for its Western-style residences, foreign settlers’ heritage, and scenic views over the city and harbor.
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D.
Hokuzan
Hokuzan was a medieval kingdom in northern Okinawa that existed before the unification of the Ryukyu Islands under the Ryukyu Kingdom.
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E.
Fubuki
Fubuki was a pioneering Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for its advanced design and powerful armament that influenced destroyer construction worldwide.
- 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: Fūjin Target entity description: Fūjin is the Japanese Shinto god of wind, often depicted as a fearsome demon-like figure carrying a large bag of winds.
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A.
Shōryaku
Shōryaku was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the late 10th century, used during the reign of Emperor Shirakawa.
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B.
Genmei
Genmei was an 8th-century Japanese empress of the Nara period known for establishing the capital at Heijō-kyō (present-day Nara).
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C.
Yamate
Yamate is a historic hillside district in Yokohama known for its Western-style residences, foreign settlers’ heritage, and scenic views over the city and harbor.
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D.
Hokuzan
Hokuzan was a medieval kingdom in northern Okinawa that existed before the unification of the Ryukyu Islands under the Ryukyu Kingdom.
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E.
Fubuki
Fubuki was a pioneering Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for its advanced design and powerful armament that influenced destroyer construction worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto deity
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kami ⓘ wind god ⓘ |
| alignment | ambivalent deity ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Japanese folklore
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medieval Japanese religious art ⓘ |
| artTradition |
Japanese Buddhist art
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Japanese temple iconography ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
good fortune in travel
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harvests ⓘ protection from natural disasters ⓘ sea voyages ⓘ typhoons ⓘ weather ⓘ |
| attribute |
green skin in some depictions
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large bag of winds ⓘ wild hair ⓘ |
| canBe |
beneficial
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destructive ⓘ |
| controls |
air currents
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storms ⓘ winds ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction |
controlling direction and strength of winds
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releasing winds from his bag ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
demon-like figure
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muscular humanoid ⓘ |
| domain | wind ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| iconographicElement | billowing cloth bag ⓘ |
| influence | East Asian representations of wind deities ⓘ |
| mythology | Japanese mythology ⓘ |
| notableDepiction | gate statues at Sensō-ji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedWith | Raijin ⓘ |
| otherName |
Futen
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linked to:
Futsunushi
Fūten ⓘ Kaze-no-kami ⓘ |
| pairedWith |
storm imagery in art
ⓘ
thunder clouds in art ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Shinto pantheon
ⓘ
linked to:
Shinto
|
| relationship |
companion of Raijin
ⓘ
counterpart of Raijin ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| role |
bringer of winds to the world
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protector deity of Japan in some legends ⓘ |
| visualPosition | often shown on the right side of temple gates ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
Buddhist temples in Japan
ⓘ
Shinto shrines ⓘ |
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: Fūjin Description of subject: Fūjin is the Japanese Shinto god of wind, often depicted as a fearsome demon-like figure carrying a large bag of winds.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.