List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto
List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto includes many Shinto shrines; but this list encompasses only some of the 400 Shinto shrines with scattered locations throughout the municipality of Kyoto and the prefecture of Kyoto:[1]
The Kamo Shrine predates the founding of Heian-kyō.
- Kamigamo Shrine (上賀茂神社, Kamikamo-jinja), formally called Kamo Wakeikaduchi Shrine (賀茂別雷神社).[2]
- Shimogamo Shrine (下鴨神社, Shimokamo-jinja), formally called Kamo Mioya Shrine (賀茂御祖神社).[2]
Shrines of Heian Kyoto (794–1229)[edit]
- Fushimi Inari-taisha (伏見稲荷大社, Inari-jinja).[3]
- Hirano Shrine (平野神社, Hirano-jinja).[3]
- Imamiya Shrine (今宮神社, Imamiya-jinja).
- Iwashimizu Shrine (岩清水八幡宮, Iwashimizu Otokoyama Hachimangū).[4]
- Kitano Tenmangū (北野天満宮, also known as Kitano-jinja).[4]
- Matsunoo Shrine (松尾大社, Matsunoo-jinja).[2]
- Nonomiya Shrine (野宮神社, Nonomiya-jingū).[5]
- Yasaka Shrine (八坂神社, Yasaka-jinja), formerly known as Gion Shrine (祇園社, Gionsha).[2]
- Yoshida Shrine (吉田神社, Yoshida-jinja).[4]
Shrines of Momoyama Kyoto (1582–1615)[edit]
- Toyokuni Shrine (豊国神社, Toyokuni-jinja), also known as Hokoku-jinja[6]
Shrines of Kyoto at peace (1615–1869)[edit]
- Goō Shrine (護王神社, Goō-jinja).[7] — link to photo of shrine — boars at this shrine
- Heian Shrine (平安神宮, Heian jingū).[8]
- Kenkun Shrine (建勲神社, Kenkun-jinja).[9]
- Nashinoki Shrine (梨木神社, Nashinoki-jinja).[9]
- Shiramine Jingū (白峯神宮)[10]
Modern period (1869– present)[edit]
- Nogi Shrine (乃木神社, Tōgō-jinja).[11]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Sacred Destinations: Kyoto
- ^ a b c d Ponsonby-Fane, p. 109.
- ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, p. 110.
- ^ a b c Ponsonby-Fane, p. 115.
- ^ Tyler, Royall. (1992). Japanese Nō Dramas, p. 205.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 209.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 387.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 389.
- ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane, p. 388.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 386.
- ^ Nogi Jinja, official Site.
References[edit]
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.
- Tyler, Royall. (1992). Japanese Nō Dramas. London: Penguin Classics. ISBN 978-0-14-044539-8
External links[edit]
- Kyoto Temples and Shrines
- Photos of Kyoto, with over a hundred temples and shrines