Kamo Shrine

Shinto shrine in Japan

Kamo Shrine (賀茂神社, Kamo-jinja) is a term for two shrines in Japan.[1] The two shrines are Kamigamo Shrine and Shimogamo Shrine.

Kamo Shrine (賀茂神社, Kamo-jinja)
A pair of torii gates at Shimogamo Shrine.
Religion
AffiliationShinto
Location
Kamo Shrine is located in Japan
Kamo Shrine
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates35°03′37″N 135°45′10″E / 35.06028°N 135.75278°E / 35.06028; 135.75278
Glossary of Shinto
This pathway leads through Tadasu no Mori (the "Forest Where Lies are Revealed").

Both are associated with the Kamo clan[2] who is believed to have established the Shrines.[3]

The shrines have a large combined Chinju no Mori called Tadasu no Mori[4], which was designated a World Cultural Heritage Site site along with the other local shrines[5]

They are in the site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)[6]

References change

  1. McCullough, Helen Craig. (1994). Genji and Heike: selections from The tale of Genji and The tale of the Heike, p. 474; Iwao, Seiichi et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon, p. 1405; Kyoto Prefectural Government Tourism Division: Kamigamo Archived 2009-08-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Nelson, John K. (2000). Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan, pp. 92-99.
  3. Iwaso, p. 1712.
  4. Terry, Philip. (1914). Terry's Japanese empire, p. 479.
  5. Shimogamo-jinja: "Tadasu-no-mori (Forest of justice)" Archived 2019-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Kamigamo-jinja: "Links" Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine; Shimogamo-jinja: "Tadasu-no-mori (Forest of justice)" Archived 2019-03-19 at the Wayback Machine.