Yoshida Shrine
{Yoshida Shrine (吉田神社, Yoshida jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Sakyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan. It was built in 859 by the Fujiwara family.[1]
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| Location | 8 Yoshidakaguraokacho, Sakyō, Kyoto 〒 606-8311 |
| Affiliation | Shinto |
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| Architectural style | Kasuga-zukuri |
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History
The royal family helped the shrine in the Heian period.[2] In 965, Emperor Murakami of Japan sent messages, called heihaku, to tell important events to the guardian kami (spirits) of the country. At first, 16 shrines got the messages. In 991, Emperor Ichijō added three more shrines, including Yoshida Shrine.[3]
From 1871 to 1946, Yoshida Shrine was a Kanpei-chūsha (官幣中社) in the Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines.[4] Yoshida Kanetomo, who began Yoshida Shinto, is buried here.
Yoshida Shrine Media
Yoshida Shrine and its branch shrines
Related pages
References
- ↑ Kyoto University: "The Ancient Shrine Continues to Watch Over Kyoto University." Archived May 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Shrines, p. 118.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126.
Sources
- Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2363-4
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 399449
- ____________. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
