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    A Shinto shrine (神社, jinja, archaic: shinsha, meaning: "place of the god(s)") is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more kami...
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    of Shintō such as popular Shintō, folk Shintō, domestic Shintō, sectarian Shintō, imperial house Shintō, shrine Shintō, state Shintō, new Shintō religions...
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    The Grand Shrine of Ise (Japanese: 伊勢神宮, Hepburn: Ise Jingū), located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the solar goddess...
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    Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社 (嚴島神社), Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its "floating"...
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    Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社 or 靖國神社, Yasukuni Jinja, lit. 'Peaceful Country Shrine') is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor...
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    The state exercised control of shrine finances and training regimes for priests: 59 : 120  to strongly encourage Shinto practices that emphasized the Emperor...
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  • Kami (redirect from Shinto gods)
    mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the Shinto religion. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, beings...
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    of Shinto Shrines (神社本庁, Jinja Honchō) is a religious administrative organisation that oversees about 80,000 Shinto shrines in Japan. These shrines take...
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  • related to Shinto shrines. For lists of Shinto shrines, see: List of Shinto shrines in Japan List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto List of Shinto shrines outside...
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  • Honourable Imperial Divinity') – The Shinto sun goddess, tutelary kami and ancestor of the Emperor, enshrined at Ise Shrine. Amatsukami (天津神, lit. 'Heavenly...
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