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)

  • 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)

  • Toyokuni Shrine (豊国神社, Toyokuni-jinja), also known as Hokoku-jinja[6]

Shrines of Kyoto at peace (1615–1869)

  • 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 [ja] (梨木神社, Nashinoki-jinja).[9]
  • Shiramine Jingū (白峯神宮)[10]

Modern period (1869– present)

  • Nogi Shrine (乃木神社, Tōgō-jinja).[11]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Sacred Destinations: Kyoto
  2. ^ a b c d Ponsonby-Fane, p. 109.
  3. ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, p. 110.
  4. ^ a b c Ponsonby-Fane, p. 115.
  5. ^ Tyler, Royall. (1992). Japanese Nō Dramas, p. 205.
  6. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 209.
  7. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 387.
  8. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 389.
  9. ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane, p. 388.
  10. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 386.
  11. ^ Nogi Jinja, official Site.

References

  • 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

  • Kyoto Temples and Shrines
  • Photos of Kyoto, with over a hundred temples and shrines