Tatsuta Shrine

Torii at the entrance of Tatsuta Shrine.

Tatsuta Shrine (龍田大社 Tatsuta-taisha) is a Shinto shrine located in Sangō, Nara in Japan. The shrine is also known in Japanese (esp. formerly) as Tatsuta-jinja (龍田神社?) .

The Shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.[1] In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers were sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These heihaku were initially presented to 16 shrines including the Tatsuta Shrine.[2]

From 1871 through 1946, the Tatsuta Shrine was officially designated one of the Kanpei-taisha (官幣大社), meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported shrines.[3]

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Notes

  1. Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.
  2. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, pp. 116-117.
  3. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 124.

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Coordinates: 34°35′35″N 135°41′15″E / 34.59306°N 135.68750°E / 34.59306; 135.68750


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