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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)
Shrines of Kyoto at peace (1615–1869)
Modern period (1869– present)
Nogi Shrine (乃木神社 , Tōgō-jinja ) .
[11]
See also
Notes
^ Sacred Destinations:
Kyoto
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b
c
d Ponsonby-Fane, p. 109.
^
a
b Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, p. 110.
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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.
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b Ponsonby-Fane, p. 388.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 386.
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Nogi Jinja, official Site.
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