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Meiji Shrine (明治神宮, Meiji Jingū) is a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The shrine does not contain the emperor's grave, which is located at Fushimi-momoyama , south of Kyoto .
By far the largest number of shrines fell below the rank of District shrine. Their status was clarified by the District Shrine Law ( 郷社定則 , Gōsha Teisoku ) of the fourth day of the seventh month of 1871, in accordance with which "Village shrines" ranked below their respective "District shrines", while the smaller local shrines or ...
The following list encompasses only some, but not all of the Heian period Nijūnisha shrines (Twenty-Two Shrines); and the modern shrines which were established after the Meiji Restoration are not omitted. In the list below, these shrines are marked with "
Meiji Shrine Outer Garden (明治神宮外苑, Meiji-jingū Gaien) is a Western-style garden in the Kasumigaokamachi neighborhood of Shinjuku Ward and the Aoyama neighborhood of Minato Ward in Tokyo. History
The shrine (extant) is above. Until the Meiji period (1868–1912), the jingū-ji (神宮寺, shrine temple) were places of worship composed of a Buddhist temple and a Shinto shrine, both dedicated to a local kami. [1] These complexes were born when a temple was erected next to a shrine to help its kami with its karmic problems.
Empress Jingū (神功皇后, Jingū-kōgō) [b] was a legendary Japanese empress who ruled as a regent following her husband's death in 200 AD. [5] [6] Both the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki (collectively known as the Kiki) record events that took place during Jingū's alleged lifetime.
The Meiji Shrine Inner Garden (明治神宮御苑, Meiji Jingū Gyoen) or Yoyogi Gyoen is a public garden adjacent to Meiji Shrine and Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo. The garden was once part of the suburban residences of Katō Kiyomasa and later the Ii clan during the Edo period .
Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery (聖徳記念絵画館, Seitoku Kinen Kaigakan) is a gallery commemorating the "imperial virtues" of Japan's Meiji Emperor, installed on his funeral site in the Gaien or outer precinct of Meiji Shrine in Tōkyō. The gallery is one of the earliest museum buildings in Japan and itself an Important Cultural Property.