Kamo Shrine

Kamo Shrine (賀茂神社, Kamo-jinja)
A pair of torii gates at Shimogamo Shrine.
Religion
AffiliationShinto
Location
Kamo Shrine is located in Japan
Kamo Shrine
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates35°03′37″N 135°45′10″E / 35.06028°N 135.75278°E / 35.06028; 135.75278
Glossary of Shinto
This pathway leads through Tadasu no Mori (the "Forest Where Lies are Revealed").

Kamo Shrine (賀茂神社, Kamo-jinja) is a term for two shrines in Japan. The two shrines are Kamigamo Shrine and Shimogamo Shrine.

Both are associated with the Kamo clan who is believed to have established the Shrines.

The shrines have a large combined Chinju no Mori called Tadasu no Mori, which was designated a World Cultural Heritage Site site along with the other local shrines

They are in the site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)

References

  1. ↑ McCullough, Helen Craig. (1994). Genji and Heike: selections from The tale of Genji and The tale of the Heike, p. 474; Iwao, Seiichi et al. (2002). Dictionnaire historique du Japon, p. 1405; Kyoto Prefectural Government Tourism Division: Kamigamo Archived 2009-08-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Nelson, John K. (2000). Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan, pp. 92-99.
  3. ↑ Iwaso, p. 1712.
  4. ↑ Terry, Philip. (1914). Terry's Japanese empire, p. 479.
  5. ↑ Shimogamo-jinja: "Tadasu-no-mori (Forest of justice)" Archived 2019-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Kamigamo-jinja: "Links" Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine; Shimogamo-jinja: "Tadasu-no-mori (Forest of justice)" Archived 2019-03-19 at the Wayback Machine.