Ebisu
E928959
Ebisu is a popular Japanese kami of prosperity, fishermen, and good fortune, often depicted as a cheerful, bearded man holding a fishing rod and sea bream.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ebisu canonical | 9 |
| Ebisu is of Japanese origin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11491928 — 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: Ebisu Context triple: [Nishinomiya Shrine, dedicatedTo, Ebisu]
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A.
Ebisu
Ebisu is a fashionable Tokyo neighborhood known for its upscale dining, craft beer scene, and convenient access via Ebisu Station near Shibuya.
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B.
Shiba
Shiba is a central district in Minato, Tokyo, known for its mix of historic temples, business centers, and residential areas.
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C.
Kurō
Kurō is an honorific name historically associated with the famed Japanese military commander Minamoto no Yoshitsune of the late Heian period.
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D.
Hamachō
Hamachō is a neighborhood in Chūō ward, central Tokyo, known for its mix of residential areas, local businesses, and proximity to the Nihonbashi district.
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E.
Usuki
Usuki is a historic coastal city in Japan known for its well-preserved samurai district and famous stone Buddha statues.
- 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: Ebisu Target entity description: Ebisu is a popular Japanese kami of prosperity, fishermen, and good fortune, often depicted as a cheerful, bearded man holding a fishing rod and sea bream.
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A.
Ebisu
Ebisu is a fashionable Tokyo neighborhood known for its upscale dining, craft beer scene, and convenient access via Ebisu Station near Shibuya.
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B.
Shiba
Shiba is a central district in Minato, Tokyo, known for its mix of historic temples, business centers, and residential areas.
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C.
Kurō
Kurō is an honorific name historically associated with the famed Japanese military commander Minamoto no Yoshitsune of the late Heian period.
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D.
Hamachō
Hamachō is a neighborhood in Chūō ward, central Tokyo, known for its mix of residential areas, local businesses, and proximity to the Nihonbashi district.
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E.
Usuki
Usuki is a historic coastal city in Japan known for its well-preserved samurai district and famous stone Buddha statues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese deity
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Shinto deity ⓘ kami ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hiruko
ⓘ
Yebisu ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New Year celebrations
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abundant harvests ⓘ luck in business ⓘ safe voyages ⓘ |
| considered | one of the few native Japanese gods among the Seven Lucky Gods ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSphere |
Japanese folklore
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Japanese mythology ⓘ |
| depictedWearing |
court cap
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traditional Japanese robes ⓘ |
| festival |
Ebisu Matsuri
ⓘ
Toka Ebisu ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
bearded man
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cheerful appearance ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
commerce
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fishing ⓘ good fortune ⓘ prosperity ⓘ seafaring ⓘ |
| influenced | Japanese commercial iconography ⓘ |
| isPatronOf |
children
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fishermen ⓘ merchants ⓘ working people ⓘ |
| memberOf | Seven Lucky Gods ⓘ |
| namesakeOf |
Ebisu district in Tokyo
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Yebisu Beer brand ⓘ |
| originStory |
born deformed and cast into the sea
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grew into a healthy deity ⓘ |
| parent |
Izanagi
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Izanami ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| symbol |
fishing rod
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good catch ⓘ sea bream ⓘ wealth ⓘ |
| typicallyDepictedWith |
fishing rod
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sea bream ⓘ |
| worshippedAt |
Ebisu shrines
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Imamiya Ebisu Shrine ⓘ
linked to:
Ebisu Shrine
Nishinomiya Shrine ⓘ |
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: Ebisu Description of subject: Ebisu is a popular Japanese kami of prosperity, fishermen, and good fortune, often depicted as a cheerful, bearded man holding a fishing rod and sea bream.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ebisu