Jingu may refer to:
People
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Empress Jingū
was a legendary Japanese empress who ruled as a regent following her husband's death in 200 AD. Both the ''Kojiki'' and the ''Nihon Shoki'' (collectively known as the ''Kiki'') record events that took place during Jingū's alleged lifetime. Leg ...
(c. AD 169–269)
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Toshio Jingu
is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 ...
(born 1948), a Japanese fencer
Other uses
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Jingu Stadium
The is a baseball stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in 1926 and holds 37,933 spectators. Property of the Meiji Shrine, it is the home field of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows professional baseball team. It also hosts college baseball, inc ...
, Tokyo, Japan
*Jingū, a name for
Shinto shrines connected to the Imperial House of Japan
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Busanjin District
Busanjin District is a '' gu'' in central Busan, South Korea. It has an area of 29.7 km², and a population of about 410,000. The name is sometimes abbreviated locally as "Jin-gu". Busanjin-gu is home to a major shopping, entertainment, a ...
, South Korea, abbreviated locally as "Jin-gu"
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Ise Grand Shrine
The , located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu. Officially known simply as , Ise Jingū is a shrine complex composed of many Shinto shrines centered on two main shrines, and .
The Inner ...
, known simply as ''Jingū'' (''The Shrine'')
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Jingū taima
is an ''ōnusa'' wrapped in clean Ise ''washi'' and issued by the Ise Grand Shrine. They are a form of ''ofuda''.
History
''Jingu Taima'' were originally that wandering preachers associated with the shrines of handed out to devotees acros ...
'', an ''
ofuda
In Shinto and Buddhism in Japan, an is a talisman made out of various materials such as paper, wood, cloth or metal. are commonly found in both Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples and are considered to be imbued with the power of the deities ...
'' issued by the Ise Grand Shrine
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Japanese-language surnames