Nijūnisha

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Nijūnisha refers to the group of twenty-two elite Shinto shrines that held special imperial patronage and status in classical Japan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nijūnisha canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of Shinto shrines ⓘ
religious institution grouping ⓘ
associatedWith State Shinto (pre-modern antecedents) ⓘ
linked to: State Shinto
country Japan ⓘ
hasMember Fushimi Inari Taisha ⓘ
Gion-sha (Yasaka Jinja) ⓘ
linked to: Gion Shrine

Hakozaki-gū ⓘ
Hirano Jinja ⓘ
Hirota Jinja ⓘ
Hiyoshi Taisha ⓘ
Ise Jingū ⓘ
linked to: Ise Grand Shrine

Isonokami Jinja ⓘ
linked to: Isonokami Shrine

Iwashimizu Hachimangū ⓘ
Kamo Mioya Jinja ⓘ
Kamo Wakeikazuchi Jinja ⓘ
linked to: Kamo Mioya-jinja

Kashima Jingū ⓘ
Kasuga Taisha ⓘ
Katori Jingū ⓘ
Kibune Jinja ⓘ
linked to: Kamo Mioya Jinja

Kifune Jinja ⓘ
Kitano Tenmangū ⓘ
Matsunoo Taisha ⓘ
Niiname-no-miya (as imperial harvest shrine) ⓘ
Niu Kawakami Jinja ⓘ
Oharano Jinja ⓘ
linked to: Ōharano Jinja

Sumiyoshi Taisha ⓘ
Umenomiya Taisha ⓘ
Usa Jingū ⓘ
Yoshida Jinja ⓘ
linked to: Yoshida Shrine

Ōharano Jinja ⓘ
Ōmiwa Jinja ⓘ
Ōyamato Jinja ⓘ
hasSelectionCriterion importance to imperial house ⓘ
political significance ⓘ
ritual significance ⓘ
hasStatus elite shrines ⓘ
imperially patronized shrines ⓘ
officially recognized shrines ⓘ
hasType imperial shrine grouping ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
numberOfShrines 22 ⓘ
patron Japanese imperial court ⓘ
period classical Japan ⓘ
religion Shinto ⓘ
seeAlso Kanpei-taisha ⓘ
Shikinaisha ⓘ
Shinto shrine ranking system ⓘ
translation Twenty-Two Shrines ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atsuta Shrine → shrineRank → Nijūnisha ⓘ