Engishiki (redirect from Myojin Taisha)
categorizations of Shinto shrines are found Myojin Taisha (名神大社) ones listed as especially significant. Shikinai Taisha (式内大社) another class Shikinai Shosha...
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deities/shrines are still often referred to as (dai)myōjin in popular usage even today. (E.g. Kanda Myōjin in Chiyoda, Tokyo, enshrining the deified vengeful...
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Fushimi Inari-taisha (Japanese: 伏見稲荷大社) is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine sits at...
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dictionary "Myōjin taisha". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2023-04-10. Inoue, Nobutaka. "Myōjin taisha". Kokugakuin...
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Kasuga-taisha (春日大社) is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is the shrine of the Fujiwara family, established in 768 CE and rebuilt several...
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Izumo-taisha (出雲大社, "Izumo Grand Shrine"), officially Izumo Ōyashiro, is one of the most ancient and important Shinto shrines in Japan. No record gives...
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Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines (redirect from Kanpei Taisha)
associated with the imperial family and received government support. The Kanpei-taisha were the most highly ranked shrines in Japan that were officially designated...
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Munakata Taisha (宗像大社) is a collection of three Shinto shrines located in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the head of the approximately 6,000...
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Sumiyoshi-taisha (住吉大社), also known as Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is the main shrine...
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Torii (section Myōjin family)
and thick flared pillars. Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha Senbon torii at Fushimi Inari-taisha The myōjin torii (明神鳥居), by far the most common torii style...
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Shinto shrine (section Taisha-zukuri)
different, non-equivalent names like gongen, -gū, jinja, jingū, mori, myōjin, -sha, taisha, ubusuna or yashiro. Miniature shrines (hokora) can occasionally...
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Itsukushima Shrine (category Myōjin Taisha)
Illumination of Lotus Sutra donated in 1164 Itsukushima Shrine Mon Munakata Taisha which was dedicated to the same goddesses List of National Treasures of...
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(Suwa-jinja-shi: Volume 01) (in Japanese). Nagano: Kanpei-taisha Suwa-jinja fuzoku Suwa-myōjin-kōsha. pp. 225–239. Ōta, Akira (1924). 日本國誌資料叢書 信濃 (Nihon...
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around 806. The Heian period Engishiki records list the shrine as a myōjin taisha (名神大社) and the ichinomiya of Suruga Province; however, the Shizuoka...
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Kumano Hongū Taisha (熊野本宮大社) is a Shinto shrine located in the jurisdiction of Tanabe, Wakayama, deep in the rugged mountains of the southeast Kii Peninsula...
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Tado Shrine (多度大社, Tado Taisha) is a Shinto shrine located in the Tado-chō area of the city of Kuwana in Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is well known for its...
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Watazumi Shrine (category Myōjin Taisha)
Watazumi Shrine, also known as Watatsumi Shrine is a shinto shrine in Tsushima, Nagasaki. It is a major tourist destination for tourists from South Korea...
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Shimogamo Shrine (category Myōjin Taisha)
1871 through 1946, Shimogamo was officially designated one of the Kanpei-taisha (官幣大社), meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported...
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Hakozaki Shrine (category Myōjin Taisha)
Province. From 1871 to 1946, Hakozaki was officially designated a Kanpei-taisha (官幣大社), in the first rank of government supported shrines. Other similar...
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Hirose Shrine (廣瀬大社, Hirose-taisha), also referred to as Hirose-jinja, is a Shinto shrine located in Kawai, Nara prefecture, Japan. The shrine became the...
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Hiyoshi Taisha (日吉大社) is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture Japan. This shrine is one of the Twenty-Two Shrines. Known before...
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Hotaka Shrine (category Myōjin Taisha)
shrines in Shinano Province. The Engishiki Jinmyocho describes it as a Myojin Taisha and it is now a Beppyo shrine. It is a Sōja shrine. It enshrines all...
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Kōra Taisha (高良大社, Kōra-taisha) is a Shinto shrine located on Mount Kōra of the city of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former...
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Kumano Taisha (熊野大社, Kumano-taisha) is a Shinto shrine located in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. The shrine is dedicated to the god Kaburogi-kumano-okami...
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Matsunoo Taisha (松尾大社, Matsunoo Taisha/ Matsuo Taisha), formerly Matsunoo Jinja (松尾神社), is a Shinto shrine located at the far western end of Shijō Street...
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Tsutsukowake Shrine (category Myōjin Taisha)
Tsutsukowake Shrine (都々古別神社, Tsutsukowake jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tanagura, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It was the ichinomiya of Mutsu Province...
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Tsukubasan Shrine (category Myōjin Taisha)
Tsukubasan Shrine (筑波山神社, Tsukubasan jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the kami Izanagi (伊弉諾尊) and...
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Isonokami Shrine (category Myōjin Taisha)
1946, the Isonokami Shrine was officially designated one of the Kanpei-taisha (官幣大社), meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported...
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Kashima Shrine (category Myōjin Taisha)
Kashima Shrine (鹿島神宮, Kashima Jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in Kashima, Ibaraki in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It is dedicated to Takemikazuchi-no-Ōkami...
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Shikaumi Shrine (category Myōjin Taisha)
Shikaumi Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan. It is located on Shikanoshima island. The shrine has historical connections to foreign...
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