List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto

List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto includes many Shinto shrines; but this list encompasses only some of the 400 Shinto shrines with scattered locations throughout the municipality of Kyoto and the prefecture of Kyoto:[1]

The Kamo Shrine predates the founding of Heian-kyō.

  • Kamigamo Shrine (上賀茂神社, Kamikamo-jinja), formally called Kamo Wakeikaduchi Shrine (賀茂別雷神社).[2]
  • Shimogamo Shrine (下鴨神社, Shimokamo-jinja), formally called Kamo Mioya Shrine (賀茂御祖神社).[2]

Shrines of Heian Kyoto (794–1229)

Shrines of Momoyama Kyoto (1582–1615)

Shrines of Kyoto at peace (16151869)

Modern period (1869 present)

  • Nogi Shrine (乃木神社, Tōgō-jinja).[11]

See also

Notes

  1. Sacred Destinations: Kyoto
  2. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 109.
  3. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, p. 110.
  4. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 115.
  5. Tyler, Royall. (1992). Japanese Nō Dramas, p. 205.
  6. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 209.
  7. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 387.
  8. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 389.
  9. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 388.
  10. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 386.
  11. Nogi Jinja, official Site.

References

  • Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.
  • Tyler, Royall. (1992). Japanese Nō Dramas. London: Penguin Classics. ISBN 978-0-14-044539-8
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