Engishiki Jinmyōchō

The Engishiki Jinmyocho is a historical list of Shinto shrines. 

It was written in the Heian period and is the source of the designation of shrines as Myojin Taisha.

It is a section of the Engishiki

 Shrine categorizations 
Many categorizations of shrines come from this book:
 Kokushi genzaisha ones in the Rikkokushi but not the Engishiki
 Myojin Taisha ones listed as especially significant
 Shikinai Taisha another class
 Shikigeisha ones that were ignored by both the Engishiki Jinmyocho and the Rikkokushi

Kanpei-sha
These are shrines that are funded by the Emperor

 Kokuhei-sha 
These shrines are funded locally

 Related pages 
 Myōjin Taisha
 Beppyo shrine
 Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines
 Twenty-Two Shrines
 Chokusaisha

 References 


Category:Shinto
Category:Pages with unreviewed translations