is a
Shinto shrine
A is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more ''kami'', the deities of the Shinto religion.
Overview
Structurally, a Shinto shrine typically comprises several buildings.
The '' honden''Also called (本殿, meani ...
located in
Sangō,
Nara
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. The shrine is also known in Japanese (esp. formerly) as .
The Shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early
Heian period
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. 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 Tatsuta Shrine.
From 1871 through 1946, the Tatsuta Shrine was officially designated one of the , meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported shrines.
[Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' pp. 124.]
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 ...
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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 ...
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Tatsuta Maru
, was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). The ship was built in 1927–1929 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan. The vessel was named after Tatsuta Jinja an important Shinto shrine in Nara ...
Beppyo shrines
Notes
References
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Breen, John and
Mark 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
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.
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Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962).
''Studies in Shinto and Shrines.''Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society
OCLC 399449* ____________. (1959)
''The Imperial House of Japan.''Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society
OCLC 194887
Shinto shrines in Nara Prefecture
Kanpei Taisha
Myōjin Taisha
Twenty-Two Shrines
Taisha
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