Kamo Shrine

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A pair of torii gates at Shimogamo Shrine.

Basic information
Affiliation Shinto
Architectural description
Specifications
This pathway leads through Tadasu no Mori (the "Forest Where Lies are Revealed").

Both are associated with the Kamo clan[2] who is believed to have established the Shrines.[3]

The shrines have a large combined Chinju no Mori called Tadasu no Mori[4], which was designated a World Cultural Heritage Site site along with the other local shrines[5]

They are in the site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)[6]

Kamo Shrine Media

References

  1. McCullough, Helen Craig. (1994). Genji and Heike: selections from The tale of Genji and The tale of the Heike, p. 474; Iwao, Seiichi et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon, p. 1405; Kyoto Prefectural Government Tourism Division: Kamigamo Archived 2009-08-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Nelson, John K. (2000). Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan, pp. 92-99.
  3. Iwaso, p. 1712.
  4. Terry, Philip. (1914). Terry's Japanese empire, p. 479.
  5. Shimogamo-jinja: "Tadasu-no-mori (Forest of justice)" Archived 2019-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Kamigamo-jinja: "Links" Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine; Shimogamo-jinja: "Tadasu-no-mori (Forest of justice)" Archived 2019-03-19 at the Wayback Machine.