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	Sake Speech by Japanese Brewer Daimon
		On the contrary, objects of worship in Shinto shrines, referred to as "Go-Shintai," are often objects like metallic mirrors or swords into which a god that has come down onto the earth plane is temporarily residing.
		A Shinto shrine, again, called a Jinja in Japanese, is not where a god lives.
		And one jinja is not limited to a single god, but rather it is common to have several gods inhabiting any one single jinja.
	esake.com /Brewers/DaimonB/Naorai/naorai.html (1574 words)

	Shinto Encyclopedia Article @ OnlineReligion.com (Online Religion) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shrines are commonly fronted by a distinctive Japanese gate (torii) made of two uprights and two crossbars.
		The visitor to a shrine purchases a wooden tablet with a likeness of a horse, or nowadays, something else (a snake, an arrow, even a portrait of Thomas Edison), writes a wish or prayer on the tablet, and hangs it at the shrine.
		Meiji Shrine (Tokyo), the shrine of Emperor Meiji
	www.onlinereligion.com /encyclopedia/Shinto (3467 words)

	Kyoto
		Built in A.D. 794 on the model of the capitals of ancient China, Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan from its foundation until the middle of the 19th century.
		They are not only typical temples and shrines in their natural environments, but they are also very important for understanding the formation of Shintoism and Buddhism in Japan, the history of mutual interaction between the two religions, and the characteristics of religious space in the country.
		Although this Shinto shrine was in existence as early as the 7th century, most of its present form dates back to a major restoration in 1628 aimed to bring it back to its appearance in the Heian Period.
	www.insecula.com /us/musee/M0227.html (3937 words)

	Shintosim Photo Dictionary - Japanese Shrine Types & Classification
		The Suiten-gu Shrine in Kurume (Fukuoka) is the main shrine of all Suiten-gu Shrines in Japan.
		Jinja Shinto was co-opted by State (Imperial House) Shinto from the Meiji Era until the end of World War II.
		Imperial Shrines were directly funded and administered by the government during the era of State Shinto (from start of Meiji Era to end of WWII), including a number of shrines built during the Meiji Era, such as Tokyo's Meiji Shrine and Kyoto's Heian Shrine.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/shrine-guide.shtml (2834 words)

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		The Yoshida Shrine was the foremost of three shrines that were originally dedicated to the guardian spirit (Ujigami) of the courtly Fujiwara family.
		The founding of the shrine was during the reign of Emperor Seiwa (the 56th Emperor) between the years 859-887AD when Fujiwara Chunagon invited the deity Kasuga-no-Okami to Yoshidayama to become the guardian of Heiankyo (the former name of Kyoto, which was at that time the capital of Japan).
		In 1107 the status of the shrine was re-confirmed by the 73rd Emperor Horikawa.
	www.yokiyusan.org /kempo/yoshida.html (2067 words)

	Japan Glossary - Shinto
		Whenever a child is born in Japan, a local Shinto shrine adds the child's name to a list kept at the shrine and declares him or her "Ujiko", lit.
		The visitor to a shrine purchases a wooden tablet with a likeness of a horse, or nowadays, something else (a snake, an arrow, even a portrait of Thomas Edison), writes a wish on the tablet, and hangs it at the shrine.
		Meiji Shrine (Tokyo), the shrine of Emperor Meiji
	www.jref.com /glossary/shinto_traditions.shtml (3346 words)

	Welcome to Kyoto - Ujigami - jinja Shrine -
		The sanctuary of Ujigamijinja shrine was originally built as a guardian shrine for Byodo - in Temple.
		Believed to be the oldest shrine building in Japan, the inner Shrine, a National Treasure, is built in the style of the Heian Period.
		The inner Shrine consists of three inner shrine buildings built side-by-side in the nagare-zukuri style, with the buildings on the right and left larger than the one in the middle.
	www.pref.kyoto.jp /visitkyoto/en/theme/sites/shrines/w_heritage/09 (150 words)

	Immanent Legitimation: Reflections on the Kami Concept
		Such a comparison should not be surprising, given the fact that both shrine Shinto and the new religions have emerged from the same bed of Japanese folk belief.
		In turn, that agency is viewed as being manifest most completely in this world in the person of the emperor, as a result of his direct lineage from Amaterasu ômikami, and by virtue of his union with Amaterasu in the Daijôsai.
		[Shinto and the Japanese] (Tokyo: Jinja Shinpôsha, 1986), 21-22.
	www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp /ijcc/wp/cpjr/kami/havens.html (4998 words)

	Ujigami-jinja Shrine\|Kyoto Travel Guide <Official>
		Ujigami-jinja Shrine is a piece of the far past, the oldest extant shrine in Japan.
		On entering the shrine grounds you will see a basin, which is fed by a famous freshwater spring.
		The shrine is dedicated to an Imperial Prince who committed suicide to solve a dispute over succession to the throne: this prince, his brother (who later became Emperor) and their father are interred here in the main hall, in a series of three inner shrine buildings covered by a common roof.
	www.kyoto.travel /place_to_go/ujigamijinja_shrine.html (191 words)

	Welcome to Kyoto - World Heritage Map -
		The 17 properties of the World Heritage Sites are located in Kyoto Prefecture.
		Kamigamo - jinja Shrine (Kamowakeikazuchi - jinja Shrine)
		Shimogamo - jinja Shrine (Kamomioya - jinja Shrine)
	www.pref.kyoto.jp /visitkyoto/en/theme/sites/shrines/w_heritage (85 words)

	The Tale of Genji
		It also serves as a kind of travel guide to the world of Genji.
		Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine, tutelary shrine of the Minamoto (Genji) clan.
		The Tale of Genji has 54 chapters and over 1,000 pages of text in its English translation.
	www.taleofgenji.org (141 words)

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