Kibune Shrine

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Kibune Shrine in Kyoto.

Kibune Shrine (貴船神社 Kibune Jinja?), also known as Kifune Jinja, is a Shinto shrine located at Sakyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan.

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[edit] History

The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.[1] 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 including the Kibune Shrine.[2]

From 1871 through 1946, the Kibune 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. [3]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, pp. 116-117.
  3. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126.

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Coordinates: 35°07′18″N 135°45′46″E / 35.12167°N 135.76278°E / 35.12167; 135.76278

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