Engishiki Jinmyōchō

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The Engishiki Jinmyocho is a historical list of Shinto shrines.

It was written in the Heian period and is the source of the designation of shrines as Myojin Taisha.

It is a section of the Engishiki

Shrine categorizations

Many categorizations of shrines come from this book:

• Kokushi genzaisha ones in the Rikkokushi but not the Engishiki
• Myojin Taisha ones listed as especially significant
• Shikinai Taisha another class
• Shikigeisha ones that were ignored by both the Engishiki Jinmyocho and the Rikkokushi

Related pages

• Myōjin Taisha
• Beppyo shrine
• Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines
• Twenty-Two Shrines
• Chokusaisha

References