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The modern system of ranked Shinto shrines (近代社格制度, Kindai Shakaku Seido, sometimes called simply shakaku (社格)) was an organizational aspect of the establishment of Japanese State Shinto. This system classified Shinto shrines as either official government shrines or "other" shrines. The official shrines were divided into
The Twenty-Two Shrines (二十二社, Nijūni-sha) of Japan is one ranking system for Shinto shrines.The system was established during the Heian period and formed part of the government's systematization of Shinto during the emergence of a general anti-Chinese sentiment and the suppression of the Taoist religion. [1]
The Shinkai system was linked to the Myōjin and ranked deity shrine systems. The Myojin system ranked deities and the Kanpei kokuhei-sha system ranked shrines. Its goal was to control important shrines for the state. [2] At first, the state shrine system did not work well. It was meant for festivals for Japan's deities. At that time only a few ...
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... List of Shinto shrines; Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines; Shinto architecture; Twenty-Two Shrines ...
Taisha is a term used to refer to a rank of Shinto shrines. A taisha (大社) (the characters are also read ōyashiro) is literally a "great shrine" [1] that was classified as such under the old system of shrine ranking, the shakaku (社格), abolished in 1946. [2] [3]
The second ranking shrine is referred to as the "Ninomiya" and third ranking shrine as "Sannomiya", and so on. However, there is no documentary material stipulating on how the shrines in each province are to be ranked, or even when this ranking system was created. As a general rule, all shrines designated "Ichinomiya" are of ancient origin and ...