Ryōan-ji rock garden
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The Ryōan-ji rock garden is a renowned Zen Buddhist dry landscape garden in Kyoto, Japan, celebrated for its minimalist arrangement of rocks and raked gravel that embodies principles of meditation and abstraction.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ryōan-ji rock garden canonical | 2 |
| Zuiho-in rock garden | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12017373 — 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: Ryōan-ji rock garden Context triple: [karesansui, notableExample, Ryōan-ji rock garden]
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A.
Ginkaku-ji sand garden
The Ginkaku-ji sand garden is a famous Japanese Zen dry landscape garden in Kyoto, renowned for its meticulously raked white sand and iconic conical sand mound symbolizing Mount Fuji or a sacred mountain.
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Gokuraku-jodo Garden
Gokuraku-jodo Garden is a traditional Japanese landscape garden in Osaka designed to evoke the Buddhist Pure Land paradise associated with Shitennoji Temple.
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C.
Shukkeien Garden
Shukkeien Garden is a historic Japanese landscape garden in Hiroshima, known for its miniature representations of natural scenery, tranquil ponds, and traditional teahouses.
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D.
Yoshikien Garden
Yoshikien Garden is a traditional Japanese garden in Nara, Japan, celebrated for its moss, pond, and tea ceremony gardens set in a tranquil landscape.
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E.
Kenroku-en Garden
Kenroku-en Garden is one of Japan’s most celebrated landscape gardens, renowned for its seasonal beauty, historic design, and status as a prime example of Edo-period strolling gardens in Kanazawa.
- 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: Ryōan-ji rock garden Target entity description: The Ryōan-ji rock garden is a renowned Zen Buddhist dry landscape garden in Kyoto, Japan, celebrated for its minimalist arrangement of rocks and raked gravel that embodies principles of meditation and abstraction.
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A.
Ginkaku-ji sand garden
The Ginkaku-ji sand garden is a famous Japanese Zen dry landscape garden in Kyoto, renowned for its meticulously raked white sand and iconic conical sand mound symbolizing Mount Fuji or a sacred mountain.
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B.
Gokuraku-jodo Garden
Gokuraku-jodo Garden is a traditional Japanese landscape garden in Osaka designed to evoke the Buddhist Pure Land paradise associated with Shitennoji Temple.
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C.
Shukkeien Garden
Shukkeien Garden is a historic Japanese landscape garden in Hiroshima, known for its miniature representations of natural scenery, tranquil ponds, and traditional teahouses.
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D.
Yoshikien Garden
Yoshikien Garden is a traditional Japanese garden in Nara, Japan, celebrated for its moss, pond, and tea ceremony gardens set in a tranquil landscape.
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E.
Kenroku-en Garden
Kenroku-en Garden is one of Japan’s most celebrated landscape gardens, renowned for its seasonal beauty, historic design, and status as a prime example of Edo-period strolling gardens in Kanazawa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Japanese Rock Garden
subject linked to:
Japanese Rock Garden
linked to: Ryōan-ji rock garden