Shinto shrines in Japan

thumb|An engraving at the Tamura Shrine listing all the Ichimomiya

thumb|250px|right|Yomeimon at Nikkō Tōshō-gū A is a Shinto shrine in which Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, is enshrined. Tōshō-gūs are found throughout Japan.

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ranking system for Shinto shrines established during the Heian period

establishment of State Shinto Shrines

Chokusaisha () is a shrine where an imperial envoy Chokushi () performs rituals: chokushi sankō no jinja (). The following table shows sixteen shrines designated as Chokusaisha. {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan=2|Name!!Location |- |rowspan=2|Kamo-jinja ()||Kamowakeikazuchi-jinja()||Kita-ku, Kyoto |- |Kamomioya-jinja()||Sakyō-ku, Kyoto |- |colspan=2|Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū ()||Yawata, Kyoto |- |colspan=2|Kasuga-taisha ()||Nara, Nara |- |colspan=2|Atsuta-jingū ()||Atsuta-ku, Nagoya |- |colspan=2|Izumo-taisha ()||Izumo, Shimane |- |colspan=2|Hikawa-jinja ()||Ōmiya-ku, Saitama |- |colspan=2|Kashim

type of Japanese shrine

thumb|300 px|Tsurugaoka Hachimangū-ji in an old drawing. In the foreground the shrine-temple's Buddhist structures (not extant), among them a pagoda, a belltower and a [[niōmon. The shrine (extant) is above.]] Until the Meiji period (1868–1912), the were places of worship composed of a Buddhist temple and a Shinto shrine, both dedicated to a local kami. These complexes were born when a temple was erected next to a shrine to help its kami with its karmic problems. At the time, kami were thought to be also subjected to karma, and therefore in need of a salvation only Buddhism could provide. Havi

is a term which originally indicated the head of an institution serving temporarily as the head of another one, but which came to mean also the full-time head of some institution. The Kamakura period samurai Wada Yoshimori, for example, was the first bettō of the shogunate's Samurai-dokoro.

Shinto shrine in Mie Prefecture, Japan

Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan

thumb|Suiten shrine in Tokyo is the name of numerous Shinto shrines in Japan. Suiten-gū shrines are famous for their blessings of safe childbirth, but are also known to provide protection from water-related natural disasters, protection from fire, and aid in childrearing. The head shrine is the Suiten-gū in Kurume city, Fukuoka, which also enshrines members of the Taira clan. The Tokyo Suiten-gū is also known as a patron of Mizu shōbai workers.

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