Yoshida Shrine

Yoshida Shrine (吉田神社, Yoshida jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Sakyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded in 859 by the Fujiwara clan.^[1]

Yoshida Shrine and its branch shrines

Yoshida Shrine 吉田神社
Yoshida torii at cherry blossom time.
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Takemikazuchi Futsunushi Ame-no-Koyane Himegami
Location
Location	8 Yoshidakaguraokacho, Sakyō, Kyoto 〒 606-8311
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	35°01′31″N 135°47′05″E
Architecture
Style	Kasuga-zukuri
Date established	859
Glossary of Shinto

History

The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.^[2] In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers were sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These heihaku were initially presented to 16 shrines;^[3] and in 991, Emperor Ichijō added three more shrines to Murakami's list — including Yoshida.^[4]

From 1871 through 1946, the Yoshida Shrine was officially designated one of the Kanpei-chūsha (官幣中社), meaning that it stood in the second rank of government supported shrines.^[5] Yoshida Kanetomo, founder of Yoshida Shinto, is buried here.

See also

• List of Shinto shrines
• Twenty-Two Shrines
• Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines

Notes

1. Kyoto University: "The Ancient Shrine Continues to Watch Over Kyoto University." Archived May 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
2. Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.
3. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, pp. 116-117.
4. Ponsonby-Fane, Shrines, p. 118.
5. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126.

References

• Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2363-4
• 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