Aso Shrine

Aso Shrine

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History

Aso was the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of the old Higo Province. It serves today as one of the ichinomiya of Kumamoto Prefecture.[2] The enshrined kami are Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). and others.[1]

From 1871 through 1946, the Aso Shrine was officially listed as one of the first rank of government supported shrines.[3]

Aso Shrine Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kotodamaya.com, "Aso Jinja"; retrieved 2012-10-29.
  2. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-10-29.
  3. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126.

Other websites

  Media related to Aso-jinja at Wikimedia Commons


Coordinates: 32°56′52″N 131°06′57.5″E / 32.94778°N 131.115972°E / 32.94778; 131.115972