Engishiki Jinmyocho
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The Engishiki Jinmyocho is a historical list of Shinto shrines.
It was written in the Heian period and is the source of the designation of shrines as Myojin Taisha.
It is a section of the Engishiki
Shrine categorizations
Many categorizations of shrines come from this book
- Kokushi genzaisha ones in the Rikkokushi but not the Engishiki
- Myojin Taisha ones listed as especially significant
- Shikinai Taisha another class
- Shikigeisha ones that were ignored by both the Engishiki Jinmyocho and the Rikkokushi