is a Shinto shrine in Sakyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan. It was built in 859 by the Fujiwara clan.
History
The royal family started supporting the shrine in the Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami of Japan issued an order to send Imperial messengers, known as heihaku, to report significant events to the guardian kami (deities) of the country. Initially, these heihaku were presented to 16 shrines, and later in 991, Emperor Ichijō added three more shrines to the list, including Yoshida Shrine.
From 1871 through 1946, the Yoshida Shrine was a in the Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines. Yoshida Kanetomo, founder of Yoshida Shinto, is buried here.
Related pages
List of Shinto shrines
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