Sōja shrine
type of Shinto shrine where the kami of a region are grouped together into a single sanctuary
A Sōja (総社) is a kind of Shinto shrine where the kami of an area are all worshipped. The area can be as small as a manor or as large as a province. Some soja shrines are also ichinomiya.[1]`
When a new provincial governor was appointed he needed to visit all the kami of the province. Having all the kami at one soja shrine helped make this easier.[2]
Provincial Soja Shrines change
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These are notable smaller Soja shrines for regions smaller than provinces
- Akasaka Uenoyama Shrine
- Unakoro Waki Shrine
- Ono Shrine (Ritto City)
- Ogami Shrine (Tonami City)
- Kainan Shrine
- Katsushika Shrine
- Katsube Shrine
- Mukuhashi Shrine
- Kotai Jingu (Fujisawa City)
- Gosho Shrine (Sammu City)
- Sakata Shinmei Shrine
- Shinkai Sansha Shrine
- Sazama Shrine (Daito City)
- Kenda Suga Shrine
- Tachibana Shrine (Kawasaki City)
- Torakashi Shrine
- Nagao Shrine
- Nanba Shrine (may have historically been a provincal one)
- Arayaza Amaterasu Mitama Shrine
- Nogi Shrine
- Hotaka Shrine
- Washinomiya Shrine
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- ↑ Herbert, Jean (2011). Shinto:At the Fountain-head of Japan. Routledge. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-415-59348-9.
- ↑ Bocking, Brian (2016). A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138979079.