Sōja shrine

type of Shinto shrine where the kami of a region are grouped together into a single sanctuary From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sōja shrine
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A Sōja (総社) is a kind of Shinto shrine where the kami of an area are all worshipped. The area can be as small as a manor or as large as a province. Some soja shrines are also ichinomiya.[1]`

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Sōja-gū [ja] the Soja shrine where the 304 kami of Bitchu Province are all worshipped

When a new provincial governor was appointed he needed to visit all the kami of the province. Having all the kami at one soja shrine helped make this easier.[2]

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Provincial Soja Shrines

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Regional Soja Shrines

These are notable smaller Soja shrines for regions smaller than provinces

  • Akasaka Uenoyama Shrine [ja]
  • Unakoro Waki Shrine [ja]
  • Ono Shrine (Ritto City) [ja]
  • Ogami Shrine (Tonami City) [ja]
  • Kainan Shrine [ja]
  • Katsushika Shrine [ja]
  • Katsube Shrine [ja]
  • Mukuhashi Shrine [ja]
  • Kotai Jingu (Fujisawa City) [ja]
  • Gosho Shrine (Sammu City) [ja]
  • Sakata Shinmei Shrine [ja]
  • Shinkai Sansha Shrine [ja]
  • Sazama Shrine (Daito City) [ja]
  • Kenda Suga Shrine [ja]
  • Tachibana Shrine (Kawasaki City) [ja]
  • Torakashi Shrine [ja]
  • Nagao Shrine [ja; en]
  • Nanba Shrine (may have historically been a provincal one)
  • Arayaza Amaterasu Mitama Shrine [ja]
  • Nogi Shrine [ja; en]
  • Hotaka Shrine
  • Washinomiya Shrine [ja; en]
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Notes

  1. Theorized identification. No confirmation
  2. Theorized identification. No confirmation
  3. Theorized identification. No confirmation
  4. Theorized identification. No confirmation

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