Yoshida Shrine

{ is a Shinto shrine in Sakyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan. It was built in 859 by the Fujiwara family.Kyoto University: "The Ancient Shrine Continues to Watch Over Kyoto University." 

 History 
The royal family helped the shrine in the Heian period.Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75. 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.Ponsonby-Fane, Shrines,  p. 118.

From 1871 to 1946, Yoshida Shrine was a  in the Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126. 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. 
 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

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