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...

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...

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...

dictionary "Myōjin taisha". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2023-04-10. Inoue, Nobutaka. "Myōjin taisha". Kokugakuin...

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...

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...

associated with the imperial family and received government support. The Kanpei-taisha were the most highly ranked shrines in Japan that were officially designated...

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...

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...

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...

different, non-equivalent names like gongen, -gū, jinja, jingū, mori, myōjin, -sha, taisha, ubusuna or yashiro. Miniature shrines (hokora) can occasionally...

Illumination of Lotus Sutra donated in 1164 Itsukushima Shrine Mon Munakata Taisha which was dedicated to the same goddesses List of National Treasures of...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Shikaumi Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan. It is located on Shikanoshima island. The shrine has historical connections to foreign...