Chokusaisha

Chokusaisha (勅祭社) is a shrine where an imperial envoy Chokushi (勅使) performs rituals: chokushi sankō no jinja (勅使参向の神社).[1][2][3] The following table shows sixteen shrines designated as Chokusaisha.

NameLocation
Kamo-jinja (賀茂神社)Kamowakeikazuchi-jinja
(賀茂別雷神社)		Kita-ku, Kyoto
Kamomioya-jinja
(賀茂御祖神社)		Sakyō-ku, Kyoto
Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū (石清水八幡宮)Yawata, Kyoto
Kasuga-taisha (春日大社)Nara, Nara
Atsuta-jingū (熱田神宮)Atsuta-ku, Nagoya
Izumo-taisha (出雲大社)Izumo, Shimane
Hikawa-jinja (氷川神社)Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
Kashima-jingū (鹿島神宮)Kashima, Ibaraki
Katori-jingū (香取神宮)Katori, Chiba
Kashihara-jingū (橿原神宮)Kashihara, Nara
Ōmi-jingū (近江神宮)Ōtsu, Shiga
Heian-jingū (平安神宮)Sakyō-ku, Kyoto
Meiji-jingū (明治神宮)Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Yasukuni-jinja (靖国神社)Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Usa-jingū (宇佐神宮)Usa, Oita
Kashii-gū (香椎宮)Higashi-ku, Fukuoka

Notes

  1. ↑ An Encyclopedia of Shinto: Norman Havens, Nobutaka Inoue. Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics Kokugakuin University, 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Shinto Jiten (Dictionary of Shinto: 神道事典): Kokugakuin Daigaku Nihon Bunka Kenkyujo (国学院大学日本文化研究所), ed. Tokyo: Kokubundo, 1994". Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jinja jiten (神社辞典)/ Shirai Eiji ; Toki Masanori hen, 1997". Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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