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Important literature. Kojiki (c. 711 CE) Nihon Shoki (720 CE) Fudoki (713–723 CE) ... For lists of Shinto shrines, see: List of Shinto shrines in Japan.
This is a list of notable Shinto shrines in Japan. There are tens of thousands of shrines in Japan. Shrines with structures that are National Treasures of Japan are covered by the List of National Treasures of Japan (shrines). For Shinto shrines in other countries, scroll down to the See also section.
The number of Shinto shrines in Japan is estimated to be around 100,000. [8] Since ancient times, the Shake (社家) families dominated Shinto shrines through hereditary positions, and at some shrines the hereditary succession continues to present day. The Unicode character representing a Shinto shrine (for example, on maps) is U+26E9 ⛩ ...
The Twenty-Two Shrines (二十二社, Nijūni-sha) 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 of the Taoist religion. [ 1 ]
The Katori Shrine (香取神宮, Katori Jingū) is a Shintō shrine in the city of Katori in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Shimōsa Province , and is the head shrine of the approximately 400 Katori shrines around the country (located primarily in the Kantō region ). [ 1 ]
The number of Shinto shrines in Japan today has been estimated at more than 150,000. [1] Single structure shrines are the most common. Shrine buildings might also include oratories (in front of main sanctuary), purification halls, offering halls called heiden (between honden and haiden), dance halls, stone or metal lanterns, fences or walls, torii and other structures. [2]
New shrines were established and existing shrines promoted to higher ranks at various dates, but a 1903 snapshot of the 193,297 shrines in existence at that time saw the following: [4] Kan-sha Imperial shrines: 95; National shrines: 75 "Min-sha" Metropolitan and prefectural shrines: 571; District shrines: 3,476; Village shrines: 52,133
Whenever Mount Chokai (right) erupted, the rank of Omonoimi no Kami the god of Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine (left) was raised Shinkai (神階, "divine rank") is a system of ranking kami in Shinto . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Higher rank meant more lands were given to the shrine and it became wealthier and more powerful.