Yoshida Shrine

{Yoshida Shrine (吉田神社, Yoshida jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Sakyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan. It was built in 859 by the Fujiwara family. History The royal family helped the shrine in the Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami of Japan sent messages, called heihaku, to tell important events to the guardian kami (spirits) of the country. At first, 16 shrines got the messages. In 991, Emperor Ichijō added three more shrines, including Yoshida Shrine. From 1871 to 1946, Yoshida Shrine was a Kanpei-chūsha (官幣中社) in the Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines. Yoshida Kanetomo, who began Yoshida Shinto, is buried here. Related pages List of Shinto shrines in Japan Twenty-Two Shrines Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines References Sources 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