List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto explained

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.

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Shrines of Heian Kyoto (794–1229)

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Shrines of Momoyama Kyoto (1582–1615)

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Shrines of Kyoto at peace (1615 - 1869)

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Modern period (1869 - present)

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See also

• List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto

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.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Sacred Destinations: Kyoto
2. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 109.
3. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, p. 110.
4. 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. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 388.
10. Ponsonby-Fane, p. 386.
11. http://www.nogijinja.or.jp/ Nogi Jinja, official Site.