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''Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami.''
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. * McCullough, Helen Craig and Tsurayuki Ki. (1985).
''Kokin Wakashū: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry.''
Stanford:
''Studies in Shinto and Shrines.''
Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. * ____________. (1959)
''The Imperial House of Japan.''
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is a Shinto
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shrine located in Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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Ōharano is dedicated to the Fujiwara tutelary kami, Amenokoyane, who was said to have assisted in the founding of the state.
History
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the earlyHeian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). means "peace" in Japanese. ...
. In 965, Emperor Murakami
was the 62nd emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 村上天皇 (62)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession.
Murakami's reign spanned the years from 946 to his death in 967.
Biography
Before he ascended to ...
ordered that Imperial messengers were sent to report important events to the guardian ''kami'' of Japan. These ''heihaku'' were initially presented to 16 shrines including the Ōharano Shrine.
From 1871 through 1946, the Ōhorano Shrine was officially designated one of the , meaning that it stood in the second rank of government supported shrines.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' pp. 126.
See also
*List of Shinto shrines
For lists of Shinto shrines, see:
*List of Shinto shrines in Japan
**List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto
*List of Shinto shrines outside Japan
**List of Shinto shrines in Taiwan
**List of Shinto shrines in the United States
See also
*List of Jingū ...
* Twenty-Two Shrines
The of Japan is one ranking system for Shinto shrines. The system was established during the Heian period and formed part of the government's systematization of Shinto during the emergence of a general anti-Chinese sentiment and the suppression o ...
* Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines
The was an organizational aspect of the establishment of Japanese State Shinto. This system classified Shinto shrines as either official government shrines or "other" shrines. The official shrines were divided into
#Imperial shrines (''kampeisha ...
Notes
References
* Breen, John andMark Teeuwen Mark J. Teeuwen (Marcus Jacobus Teeuwen, born 9 February 1966, Eindhoven) is a Dutch academic and Japanologist. He is an expert in Japanese religious practices, and he is a professor at the University of Oslo.University of Oslo faculty CV/ref> In a ...
. (2000)''Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami.''
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. * McCullough, Helen Craig and Tsurayuki Ki. (1985).
''Kokin Wakashū: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry.''
Stanford:
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* Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962).''Studies in Shinto and Shrines.''
Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. * ____________. (1959)
''The Imperial House of Japan.''
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