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• Ryukyu Eight Shrines
  The Ryûkyû Eight Shrines are a group of eight [[Shinto]] shrines in [[Okinawa prefecture]] specially designated as being of particular promi ==The Eight Shrines==
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• Kagoshima Five Shrines
  The Kagoshima Five Shrines was a group of five [[Shinto shrines]] in the city of [[Kagoshima]], with strong connections to the [[Shimazu cl [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Ryukyu Eight Shrines
  The Ryûkyû Eight Shrines are a group of eight [[Shinto]] shrines in [[Okinawa prefecture]] specially designated as being of particular promi ==The Eight Shrines==
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• Shokonsha
  ...rvice of the Imperial nation. The two most prominent such [[Shinto shrines|shrines]] in Japan are [[Yasukuni Shrine]] in [[Tokyo]], and [[Ryozen Gokoku Shrine [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Goryo Shrine
  ...er shrines by the same name exist throughout the country, dedicated to the shrines of local ancestor spirits, and to protection from angry spirits. [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Nishiki Tenmangu
  Nishiki Tenmangû is a [[Tenjin]] [[Shinto shrines|shrine]] located in central [[Kyoto]]. ...nter of Old Kyoto. Despite being one of the most famous & important Tenjin shrines in Kyoto, it has turned away from being a shrine of scholarship and literat
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• Hibigami
  ...] (one of the oldest Hachiman shrines in Japan) and at many other Hachiman shrines throughout the country. Within the system of ''[[honji suijaku]]'', Hibigam
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• Gokonomiya Shrine
  A major [[Shinto shrines|shrine]] in [[Fushimi]], Gokô-no-miya was once the chief shrine in the [[K [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Ameku Shrine
  ...awa)|Seigen-ji]]. It is counted as one of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines|eight shrines of Ryûkyû]] (琉球八社, ''Ryûkyû hassha''). [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Kagoshima Five Shrines
  The Kagoshima Five Shrines was a group of five [[Shinto shrines]] in the city of [[Kagoshima]], with strong connections to the [[Shimazu cl [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine
  ...20th century as one of a number of ''gokoku'' ("protection of the nation") shrines as part of [[State Shinto]], it was destroyed in the atomic bombing of the [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Hilo Daijingu
  ..., Hilo Daijingû), originally known as Yamato Jinja, was the first [[Shinto shrines|Shinto shrine]] to be established in Hawaiʻi. It was built in [[1898]] in ...hniques. These local Japanese shrine carpenters would go on to build other shrines, and to pass on their skills, profoundly influencing Shinto architecture in
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• Maruoka Kanji
  ...le into Imperial subjects - and pushed for the complementarity of [[Shinto shrines]] in order to contribute to this process.
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• Fushimi Inari Shrine
  ...hinto shrine]] in [[Fushimi]], [[Kyoto]]. The head shrine of all [[Inari]] shrines in the country, it is among the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Hiyoke Tenmangu
  ...intô priest from [[Dazaifu]] (the location of one of the most major Tenjin shrines) arrived in Kyoto with a statue of Tenjin for which he desired to build a s [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Reiheishi
  ...sent annually from the Imperial Court to give offerings at major [[Shinto shrines]]. ...er the shrine was built) the great importance of Nikkô Tôshôgû amongst the shrines in the realm.
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• Nishijo Hachiman Shrine
  ...Aisai City, [[Aichi prefecture]], is believed to be one of the ten oldest shrines in the country. [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Great Tenmei Fire
  ...severe damage in this fire. Still today a great many buildings at temples, shrines, and other historical sites in the city date from the subsequent rebuilding
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• Tsubaki Grand Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Kamigata
  ...numerous ''[[monzenmachi]]'' (towns centered around major [[Shinto shrines|shrines]] or [[Buddhist temples|temples]]), port towns, and provincial market towns
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• Futenma Shrine
  ...nowan]], on [[Okinawa Island]]. It is considered one of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines]]. It is paired with the neighboring [[Buddhist temple]], [[Jingu-ji|Jingû ...sidered one of the Ryûkyû Eight Shrines, alongside six other Kumano Gongen shrines, and [[Azato Hachiman-gu|Azato Hachiman-gû]].
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• Kin Shrine
  ...e of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines]], the eight most important or significant shrines in the [[Ryukyu Islands]]. [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Noshi
  ...- strips of paper or dried marine products given as offerings at [[Shinto shrines]]
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• Egara Tenjin Shrine
  ...shrine]] in [[Kamakura]] counted as one of Japan's three great [[Tenjin]] shrines, along with [[Fukuoka|Fukuoka's]] [[Dazaifu Tenmangu|Dazaifu Tenmangû]] an [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Munakata Shrine
  Munakata Shrine is a collection of three shrines located on different islands, but all within the Munakata district of [[Fuk The islands on which the latter two shrines are located are considered quite sacred, and are associated with the identi
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• Sumiyoshi Shrine
  ...province]], and remains today one of the most significant [[Shinto shrines|shrines]] in [[Shinto]]. [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Kashima Shrine
  ...] in [[Hitachi province]] since the 9th century, and one of the most major shrines in the archipelago as a whole. [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Sueyoshi Shrine (Okinawa)
  ...[Naha]], on [[Okinawa Island]]. It is considered one of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines]]. It is paired with the no-longer-extant [[Buddhist temple]], [[Hensho-ji| [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Okazaki Shrine
  ...[[794]] during the construction of [[Heian-kyo|Heian-kyô]], as one of four shrines representing the compass directions. Okazaki represented the east, and was [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Taimatsuden Inari Shrine
  ...roviding torches (''taimatsu'') to accompany the ''[[mikoshi]]'' (portable shrines) of Fushimi Inari in procession, during festivals. [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Minakata Shrine
  ...chô neighborhood of [[Kagoshima]], regarded as one of the [[Kagoshima Five Shrines]]. [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Ujigami Shrine
  ...], which was built in [[1052]]. While the Byôdô-in, and a great many other shrines throughout the country, may have been built earlier, and have survived, the [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Shikina Shrine
  ...cture|Okinawa]], counted as one of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines|Ryûkyû Eight Shrines]]. [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Arata Hachiman Shrine
  Smaller shrines to subordinate gods are located at the cardinal points outlining the former [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Yabosa
  ...deities associated with protecting such figures. Several notable [[Shinto shrines]] in Kyushu dedicated to the spirit of [[Minamoto no Tametomo]] are ''yabus [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Honda Tadaharu
  ...adaharu served as ''[[jisha bugyo|jisha bugyô]]'' (Magistrate of Temples & Shrines) from [[1702]] until his resignation in [[1713]].
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• Torii
  Torii are the gates which mark the entrances to [[Shinto shrines]]. They bear a simple but distinctive form, widely recognized around the wo ...of "Japan," it is almost exclusively found only at Inari shrines. Smaller shrines sometimes use a ceremonial rope (''[[shimenawa]]'') festooned with folded p
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• Guan Yu
  ...an Yu shrines held at individual Chinese restaurants and other businesses, shrines to Guan Yu in Japan can also be found at the [[Shiseibyo|Confucian temple]]
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• Azato Hachiman-gu
  ...sland]]. One of a group of the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines|eight most important shrines in Okinawa]], it appears in numerous historical sources, including the ''[[ ...t and relocated to the site of [[Oki Shrine]] in [[1908]]. After all these shrines and temples were destroyed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, local people buil
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• Ema
  ...(lit. "picture horse") are wooden votive plaques commonly sold at [[Shinto shrines]]; the shrinegoer typically inscribes a wish or prayer onto the plaque and ...freestanding racks, or on the sides of a shrine building. However, at many shrines, an ''ema-dô'' ("''Ema'' Hall") houses the plaques purchased by devotees.
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• Kadode Hachimangu
  ...from [[Usa Hachimangu|Usa Hachimangû]] in Kyushu. It was among a number of shrines dedicated to the protection of the Imperial capital, and was later moved to [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Kanto Kanrei
  ...cal appointments (such as shugo positions), as well as oversee temples and shrines.
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• Benzaiten
  ...a]]) and [[Chikubushima]] (in the center of [[Lake Biwa]]), and many small shrines to Benzaiten are also located on tiny islands in manmade ponds. She is one ...ake or dragon) is frequently emblazoned on banners and elsewhere at Benten shrines. Benzaiten is sometimes also said to incorporate within her three deities:
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• Sarutahiko Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Shinbutsu bunri
  ...e put into place, it will allow for "the worship and reverence of [Shinto] shrines by all people below heaven, [and] the preservation of the doctrine of our I ...hinto shrines throughout the country, leaving the administration of Shinto shrines firmly in the hands of Shinto (not Buddhist) priests.
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• Oki Shrine
  ...hrine]] in [[Naha]], and is counted among the [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines|Eight Shrines of Ryûkyû]]. [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Nitta Hachiman Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Tanjo Hachiman Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Yatsushiro Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Waniguchi
  ...hi'' is a type of iron slit-gong hung and rung at the entrance to [[Shinto shrines]], or a smaller version of it used in [[kabuki]] to evoke the atmosphere of
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• 鳥居 (Torii)
  *A style of gate particular to [[Shinto shrines]].
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• Yada Tenmangu
  ...taking up roughly 1/4th to 1/3rd of the grounds. As is typical of [[Shinto shrines]], however, the shrine in fact includes a rather extensive swath of land. [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Kume Tenpi-gu
  ...shrines to [[Tenpi]] (aka Mazu), a [[Taoist]] goddess of the sea. The two shrines, called Upper (''Kami'') and Lower (''Shimo'') Tenpi-gû, are believed to h ...[1889]], the images of Tenpi which had been the objects of worship at both shrines were moved to the Tensonbyô, a different Taoist shrine in the area, which
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• Hokoku Shrine
  ...of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. It is the head shrine of a network of Toyokuni shrines throughout the country. Branch shrines quickly proliferated throughout the country, as regional ''daimyô'' and ot
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• Kego Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Suika Tenmangu
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Kashii Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Izumo Shrine
  ...d Shrine at Izumo is one of the oldest and most important [[Shinto shrines|shrines]] in the [[Shinto]] tradition, along with [[Ise Shrine]]. Located in [[Shim ...r to those with special permission.<ref>Gallery labels, Masuura Yukihito, "Shrines of the Gods," College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara, Jan 2014.[http
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• Asumui utaki
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Yara kamiya
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Taga Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Tawara Chikatsura
  ...ssociated [[Shinto shrines|shrines]], and the people affiliated with those shrines), and to serve their ''daimyô'', who would not allow Christians into his a
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• Hakozaki Shrine
  ...rine is a major shrine in the city of [[Fukuoka]]. It is one of four major shrines in the country dedicated to [[Hachiman]], along with ones in [[Tsurugaoka H [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Gokoku Shrine (Okinawa)
  ...was officially designated as one of Japan's many "Protection of the Nation Shrines" by the [[Minister of the Interior]] in July 1940, and was renovated and ex [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Zeniarai Benten
  ...hrine]] in [[Kamakura]] dedicated to [[Benten]]. It is one of three Benten shrines in the area to claim inclusion in the [[Seven Lucky Gods of Kamakura]]. The [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Chujindo
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Miyazaki Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Sasuke Inari Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Suikyo Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Uezu kamiya
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Shimogamo Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Kenkun Shrine
  ...hill in [[1875]], and was officially completed in [[1880]], alongside two shrines dedicated to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], in Kyoto and Osaka.<ref name=fuji/> Fu [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Yoron gusuku
  ...ns of the ''gusuku'' structures today except the stone walls. Two [[Shinto shrines]], [[Tokonushi Shrine]] and a branch of [[Kotohira Shrine]], are today loca
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• Ryukyu Shinto ki
  ...gin stories (''[[engi]]'') of Ryûkyû's [[Ryukyu Eight Shrines|major Shinto shrines]]. Though the nine shrines Taichû focuses on have strong connections to Japanese deities and their wo
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• Hachiman
  ...us category of [[Shinto shrines]] in Japan, with more than 40,000 Hachiman shrines dotted across the country, and worship of Hachiman has been described as "t ...an-gu|Daibu Hachiman Shrine]] in Fukuoka was another of the chief Hachiman shrines in the region at that time.<ref name=smits43>Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', 43
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• Shiba Daijingu
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Izumo Taisha (Honolulu)
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Dazaifu Tenmangu
  ...city of [[Fukuoka (city)|Fukuoka]]. It is one of the top three [[Tenjin]] shrines in the country, along with [[Kitano Tenmangu|Kitano Tenmangû]] in [[Kyoto] Numerous tiny sub-shrines can be found along a path outside of this central plaza. A number of small
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• Jinno-do
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Kotohira Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Uezu nu dun
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Bengatake
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Nezu Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Ito Chuta
  ...</ref> and played a role in its incorporation into the national network of shrines of [[State Shinto]], through transformation of the site into "Okinawa Shrin
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• Oamushirare
  ...i''), Gibo (''Jiibu''), and Makabe (''Makan'') doubled as sacred sites, or shrines. ...the [[Ryukyu shobun|fall of the kingdom]] in [[1879]], the three separate shrines of the Ôamushirare were relocated to a single site within the grounds of t
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• 1432
  ..., [[Sanjusangendo|Sanjûsangendô]], and thirteen other daimyô, temples, and shrines, leaves for China.
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• Asakusa Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Ryozen Gokoku Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Jisha bugyo
  ...icials who oversaw matters pertaining to [[Buddhist temples]] and [[Shinto shrines]]. The post was established and maintained beginning in [[1635]]. Five ''[[
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• Enoshima
  ...ted among the [[Seven Lucky Gods of Kamakura]], and among the Three Benten Shrines of the [[Kanto region|Kantô]]. ...gate. The Okutsu-no-miya was formerly known as Iwaya Hongû; the other two shrines are Nakatsu-no-miya (formerly Kami-no-miya) and Hetsu-no-miya (formerly Shi
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• Bugyo
  ...fficials who oversaw matters relating to [[Buddhist temples]] and [[Shinto shrines]]; the ''[[Edo]] [[machi bugyo|machi bugyô]]'' (Edo Town Magistrates), a p
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• Matsudaira Chikayoshi (1665-1725)
  ...|sôshaban]]'' and ''[[Jisha bugyo|Jisha bugyô]]'' (Magistrate of Temples & Shrines). In the latter post, he played a role in the reception of [[Korean embassi
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• Kanazawa Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Kamei Koremi
  ...o be freed, so they could return to "the worship and reverence of [Shinto] shrines by all people below heaven, [and] the preservation of the doctrine of our I
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• Otabumi
  ...lands previously owned by court nobles (公家, ''[[kuge]]'') and temples and shrines.
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• Hirakiki Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Yaese gusuku
  The site also includes a number of sacred spaces and shrines to native Okinawan spirits or deities, including five ''[[utaki]]'' dedicat
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• Koga Takemichi
  ...time during his service to the court, he was dispatched to major [[Shinto shrines]] to announce major festivals and court events.
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• Mezura-dake
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Motomachi Itsukushima Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Nonomiya Shrine
  [[Category:Shrines]]
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• Kenmon
  ...ge|aristocratic]] and samurai families, [[Buddhist temples]], and [[Shinto shrines]] which wielded extensive tax-exempt estates (''[[shoen|shôen]]''), and in
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