Reitaisai (Grand Festival)

E875705

Shinto festival

Reitaisai (Grand Festival) is the major annual Shinto festival of Izumo Taisha, renowned for its grand rituals and celebrations honoring the shrine’s deities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Reitaisai	4
Reitaisai (Grand Festival) canonical	1
Reitaisai of Izumo Taisha	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10628559 — 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: Reitaisai (Grand Festival)
Context triple: [Izumo Taisha Shrine, hasFestival, Reitaisai (Grand Festival)]

A. Reitaisai (grand festival)
Reitaisai (grand festival) is the principal annual Shinto celebration of Usa Jingū, featuring elaborate rituals, processions, and offerings to honor the shrine’s deities.
B. Reitaisai
Reitaisai is a major annual Shinto festival held at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine in Kamakura, Japan, featuring traditional rituals and events such as horseback archery.
C. Three Shrine Festival
The Three Shrine Festival is one of Tokyo’s largest and most boisterous Shinto festivals, famed for its crowded streets, portable shrines (mikoshi), and lively celebrations around Asakusa Shrine each May.
D. Tenrikyo Grand Festival
The Tenrikyo Grand Festival is the principal annual religious celebration of the Tenrikyo faith, held at its headquarters in Tenri, Japan, featuring large-scale rituals, worship services, and pilgrimages by followers from around the world.
E. Moatsu festival
Moatsu festival is a traditional springtime celebration of the Ao Naga people of Nagaland, marked by rituals, feasting, dancing, and community bonding to welcome a new agricultural season.
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: Reitaisai (Grand Festival)
Target entity description: Reitaisai (Grand Festival) is the major annual Shinto festival of Izumo Taisha, renowned for its grand rituals and celebrations honoring the shrine’s deities.

A. Reitaisai (grand festival)
Reitaisai (grand festival) is the principal annual Shinto celebration of Usa Jingū, featuring elaborate rituals, processions, and offerings to honor the shrine’s deities.
B. Reitaisai
Reitaisai is a major annual Shinto festival held at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine in Kamakura, Japan, featuring traditional rituals and events such as horseback archery.
C. Three Shrine Festival
The Three Shrine Festival is one of Tokyo’s largest and most boisterous Shinto festivals, famed for its crowded streets, portable shrines (mikoshi), and lively celebrations around Asakusa Shrine each May.
D. Tenrikyo Grand Festival
The Tenrikyo Grand Festival is the principal annual religious celebration of the Tenrikyo faith, held at its headquarters in Tenri, Japan, featuring large-scale rituals, worship services, and pilgrimages by followers from around the world.
E. Moatsu festival
Moatsu festival is a traditional springtime celebration of the Ao Naga people of Nagaland, marked by rituals, feasting, dancing, and community bonding to welcome a new agricultural season.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Shinto festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Reitaisai of Izumo Taisha ⓘ linked to: Reitaisai (Grand Festival)
associatedWith	Izumo Taisha worship traditions ⓘ Shinto liturgical calendar ⓘ linked to: Shinto festivals
attracts	Shinto worshippers ⓘ pilgrims ⓘ tourists ⓘ
category	Religious festivals in Shimane Prefecture ⓘ Shinto festivals in Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important regional religious event in Shimane Prefecture ⓘ major annual festival of Izumo Taisha ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasComponent	offerings ⓘ prayers ⓘ processions ⓘ traditional performances ⓘ
hasFeature	formal shrine rituals ⓘ public celebrations ⓘ traditional music and dance ⓘ
hasRitualType	Shinto ceremony ⓘ grand ritual ⓘ
honorsDeity	kami enshrined at Izumo Taisha ⓘ Ōkuninushi-no-Ōkami ⓘ linked to: Ōkuninushi
language	Japanese ⓘ
location	Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
mainShrine	Izumo Taisha ⓘ linked to: Izumo Taisha Shrine
organisedBy	Izumo Taisha priesthood ⓘ linked to: Izumo Taishakyo
purpose	to express gratitude and prayers to the kami ⓘ to honor the deities of Izumo Taisha ⓘ
relatedTo	Japanese religious culture ⓘ Shinto kami worship ⓘ
religion	Shinto ⓘ

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