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The modern system of ranked Shinto shrines (近代社格制度, Kindai Shakaku Seido; sometimes called simply shakaku (社格)) was an organizational aspect of the establishment of Japanese State Shinto. This system classified Shinto shrines as either official government shrines or "other" shrines. The official shrines were divided into

1. Imperial shrines (kampeisha), which are parsed into minor, medium, or major sub-categories; and
2. National shrines (kokuheisha), which are similarly categorized as minor, medium, or major.[1]

Some shrines are the "first shrines" called ichinomiya that have the highest rank in their respective provinces of Japan.

The Ise Grand Shrine stood at the top of all shrines and thus was outside the classification.[2][3]

All listed shrines on this page with the exception of Ise Grand Shrine are Beppyo shrines.

## History

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On the fourteenth day of the fifth month of 1871, by decree of the Dajō-kan, the fundamental elements of the modern shrine system were established: a hierarchic ranking of Shinto shrines, with specification of the grades of priest who could officiate at the various levels of shrine.[4] These rankings were set aside in 1946, when such rankings were deemed "State Shinto" by the Occupation Shinto Directive. The Jinja Honcho currently has a slightly different List of Special Shrines (別表神社, beppyo jinja).

## Ise Grand Shrine

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Ise Grand Shrine | Ise, Mie | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Upper Seven; Outside of classification due to being first ranked

Izawa-no-miya the Shima Province Ichinomiya was considered part of it, as was Izawa-jinja which was also seen as the Shima Province Ichinomiya

Kashima Jingu and Katori Jingu were considered the two shrines directly below Ise Jingu.

## Kan-sha

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The Kan-sha (官社) or "official government shrines" had two subdivisions, Kanpei-sha or "government shrines" and Kokuhei-sha or "national shrines".[4]

For future tables, red cells denote shrines in the Japanese colonial empire.

### Kanpei-sha

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In 1871, the Japanese government established the Kanpei-sha (官幣社) system to classify Shinto shrines based on their level of association with the imperial family. The highest category included shrines that venerated the imperial family members, emperors, or meritorious retainers of the Imperial family. These shrines were considered to be the most closely associated with the imperial family and received government support.[1]

#### Imperial shrines, 1st rank

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The Kanpei-taisha were the most highly ranked shrines in Japan that were officially designated by the government. There were 67 shrines that held this status, which were closely associated with the imperial family. These shrines were considered to be of great historical and cultural significance, and were often visited by members of the imperial family as well as the general public.[5]

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Katori jingu[6] | Katori, Chiba | Myojin Taisha, Chokusaisha | ichinomiya of Shimōsa Province[7] directly under Ise Grand Shrine, Futsunushi
Kashima Jingū[8] | Kashima, Ibaraki | Myojin Taisha, Chokusaisha | ichinomiya of Hitachi Province[7] directly under Ise Grand Shrine, Takemikazuchi
Iwashimizu Hachimangū[5] | Yawata | Kokushi genzaisha, Chokusaisha | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Upper Seven; Homuda-wakeno-mikoto (Emperor Ōjin); Okinaga-tarashi-hime-no-mikoto (Empress Jingū),
Kamigamo Shrine[5] | Kita-ku, Kyoto | Myojin Taisha, Chokusaisha | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Upper Seven, combined with Shimogamo Shrine; Wake-ikazuchi-no-kami; ichinomiya of Yamashiro Province[7]
Shimogamo Shrine[5] | Sakyō-ku, Kyoto | Myojin Taisha, Chokusaisha | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Upper Seven, combined with Kamigamo Shrine; Tamayori-hime-no-mikoto; Kamo Taeketsunumi-no-mikoto; ichinomiya of Yamashiro Province[7]
Kasuga-taisha[9] | Nara | Myojin Taisha, Chokusaisha | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Upper Seven, Takemikazuchi, Futsunushi, Ame no Koyane, Himegami
Matsunoo Taisha[5] | Ukyō-ku, Kyoto | Myojin Taisha | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Upper Seven; Oyamakui-no-mikoto; Nakatsushima-hime-no-mikoto, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
Hirano Shrine[5] | Kita-ku, Kyoto | Myojin Taisha | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Upper Seven; Imaki-no-kami, Kudo-no-kami; Furuaki-no-kami, Himegami
Fushimi Inari-taisha[5] | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | Myojin Taisha  | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Upper Seven; Inari Ōkami, Ukanomitama
Tatsuta Taisha[5] | Sangō, Nara | Myojin Taisha, Chokusaisha | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Middle Seven, Shinatsuhiko
Ōmiwa Shrine[5] | Sakurai, Nara | Myojin Taisha  | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Middle Seven; ichinomiya of Yamato Province[7] Ōmononushi

Ōnamuchi Sukunahikona-no-kami Mount Miwa

Isonokami Shrine[10] | Tenri, Nara | Myojin Taisha  | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Middle Seven, Futsu-no-mitama [ja]
Ōyamato Shrine[5] | Tenri, Nara | Myojin Taisha  | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Middle Seven, Yamato Okunitama
Hirose Taisha[5] | Kawai, Nara | Myojin Taisha  | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Middle Seven
Sumiyoshi-taisha[8] | Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka | Myojin Taisha  | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Middle Seven; ichinomiya of Settsu Province,[7] Sumiyoshi sanjin, Empress Jingū
Hiyoshi Taisha[5] | Ōtsu | Myojin Taisha  | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Lower Eight, Ninomiya, Ōkuninushi, Oyamakui no Kami
Hirota Shrine[8] | Nishinomiya | Myojin Taisha  | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Lower Eight, Amaterasu
Yasaka Shrine[11] | Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto | Kokushi genzaisha | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Lower Eight, Susanoo-no-Mikoto (Gion cult, Yashimajinumi
Niukawakami Shrine[5] | Higashiyoshino, Nara | Myojin Taisha  | one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Lower Eight
Itsukushima Shrine[11] | Hatsukaichi | Myojin Taisha | ichinomiya of Aki Province[12] proposed addition to the Twenty-Two Shrines, Ichikishimahime [ja], Tagitsuhime [ja], Takiribime [ja]
Izumo-taisha[8] | Izumo, Shimane | Myojin Taisha, Chokusaisha | ichinomiya of Izumo Province[13] head shrine of Izumo-taishakyo, sometimes seen as a rival to Ise Grand Shrine, Susanoo-no-Mikoto
Hikawa Shrine[14] | Saitama | Myojin Taisha, Chokusaisha | ichinomiya of Musashi Province[7]Susanoo

Kushinadahime Ōkuninushi Ashinazuchi Tenazuchi

Usa Jingū[8] | Usa, Ōita | Myojin Taisha, Chokusaisha | ichinomiya of Buzen Province[12]Hachiman
Kashii-gū[8] | Higashi-ku, Fukuoka | Kokushi genzaisha, Chokusaisha | Emperor Chuai, Empress Jingu
Kashihara Jingu[8] | Kashihara, Nara | Chokusaisha | Emperor Jimmu, Himetataraisuzu-hime
Heian Jingu[8] | Sakyō-ku, Kyoto | Chokusaisha |

* Emperor Kanmu
* Emperor Kōmei

Meiji Jingu[15] | Shibuya, Tokyo | Chokusaisha | Emperor Meiji

Empress Shoken

Omi Jingū[11] | Ōtsu | Chokusaisha | Emperor Tenji
Awa Shrine[8] | Tateyama, Chiba | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Awa Province[7] Ame-no-Futodama
Aso Shrine[11] | Aso, Kumamoto | Myojin Taisha | ichinomiya of Higo Province[12] Takeiwatatsu-no-Mikoto [ja]
Atsuta Jingu[16] | Atsuta-ku, Nagoya | Myojin Taisha  | Atsuta no Ōkami

Amaterasu

Susanoo

Yamatotakeru

Miyazu-hime

Takeinadane [ja]

Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha[8][17] | Fujinomiya, Shizuoka[18] | Myojin Taisha | ichinomiya of Suruga Province,[7] Konohanasakuya-hime
Gassan Shrine | Tsuruoka | Myojin Taisha | one of the Three Mountains of Dewa; Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
Hakozaki Shrine[11] | Higashi-ku, Fukuoka | Myojin Taisha | ichinomiya of Chikuzen Province[12]Emperor Ōjin

Empress Jingū Tamayori-hime

Hinokuma Jingu[8] | Wakayama | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Kii Province,[12] shared with Kunikakasu Shrine;
Hie Shrine[14] | Chiyoda, Tokyo |  | Oyamakui no Kami
Hiraoka Shrine[5] | Higashiōsaka | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Kawachi Province[7] Ame-no-Koyane, Hime-gami, Futsunushi, Takemikazuchi
Hokkaidō Jingū[19] | Sapporo |  | ichinomiya of Ezo Province[20] Ōkunitama, Ōkuninushi, and Sukunahikona,
Ikukunitama Shrine[8] | Tennōji-ku, Osaka | Myojin Taisha  |
Izanagi Jingu[8] | Awaji, Hyōgo | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Awaji Province[12] Izanagi, Izanami
Kehi Jingu[8] | Tsuruga, Fukui | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Echizen Province[13]
Kagoshima Jingū[8] | Kirishima, Kagoshima | Shikinai Taisha | ichinomiya of Ōsumi Province[12]Hoori

Toyotama-hime Emperor Chūai Emperor Ōjin Empress Jingū

Kamayama Shrine[11] | Wakayama |  | Itsuse no Mikoto (彦五瀬命)
Kirishima Jingū[11] | Kirishima, Kagoshima |  | Konohanasakuya-hime

Hoori Toyotama-hime Ugayafukiaezu Tamayori-bime Ninigi-no-Mikoto

Kumano Hongū Taisha | Tanabe, Wakayama | Myojin Taisha |
Kumano Hayatama Taisha | Shingū, Wakayama | Shikinai Taisha |
Kunikakasu Shrine[8] | Wakayama | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Kii Province;[12] shared with Hinokuma Shrine;
Mishima Taisha[8] | Mishima, Shizuoka | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Izu Province,[7] Ōyamatsumi
Miyazaki Jingū[8] | Miyazaki |  | Emperor Jimmu

Ugayafukiaezu Tamayori-bime

Munakata Taisha[8] | Munakata, Fukuoka | Myojin Taisha | Ichikishimahime [ja], Tagitsuhime [ja], Takiribime [ja]
Niutsuhime Shrine | Katsuragi, Wakayama | Myojin Taisha | Niutsuhime-no-Ōkami

Kōyamiko-no-Ōkami Ōgetsuhime-no-kami Ichikishimahime-no-Ōkami

Ōtori taisha[8] | Sakai | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Izumi Province[7] Ōtori-no-muraji and Yamato Takeru
Suwa-taisha[11] | Suwa, Nagano | Myojin Taisha | ichinomiya of Shinano Province[13]Takeminakata

Yasakatome Kotoshironushi

Takebe taisha[8] | Ōtsu[21] | Myojin Taisha | Yamato-takeru-no-mitoko; ichinomiya of Ōmi Province[7]
Taga-taisha[11] | Taga, Shiga |  | Sannomiya Izanagi, Izanami
Udo Jingū[8] | Nichinan, Miyazaki |  | Ugayafukiaezu

Amaterasu Ame-no-oshihomimi Ninigi-no-Mikoto Hoori Emperor Jimmu

Yoshino Jingu[22] | Yoshino, Nara |  | Emperor Go-Daigo
Taiwan Grand Shrine[11] | Taipei, Taiwan |  | now extinct
Karafuto Shrine[11] | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Karafuto Prefecture, Russia |  | removed from Sakhalin
Chōsen Jingu[11] | Seoul, Korea under Japanese rule |  | now extinct

Kunitama Okami Amaterasu Okami

Fuyo Jingū | Buyeo County, Korea |  | never completed[23]Emperor Ōjin (Hachiman),

Empress Kōgyoku, Emperor Tenji, Empress Jingū

Kantō Jingu | Lüshunkou District, Kwantung Leased Territory, China |  | now extinct

Emperor Meiji Amaterasu Omikami

Nan'yō Shrine[24] | Koror, Palau |  | Amaterasu Ōmikami. holy relics and kami were evacuated by submarine in 1944[25]

#### Imperial shrines, 2nd rank

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The mid-range of ranked Imperial shrines or Kanpei Chūsha (官幣中社) included 23 sanctuaries. These shrines were considered to be of intermediate rank among the government-supported shrines and were given lesser financial support compared to the Kanpei-taisha.[8]

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Ōharano Shrine.[11] | Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto.[11] | Kokushi genzaisha | Take-mikazuchi-no-mitoko, Futsunushi Ame-no-Koyane, Himegami, one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Middle Seven;
Kifune Shrine.[11] | Sakyō-ku, Kyoto | Myojin Taisha | Kuraokami-no-kami, one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Lower Eight
Kitano Tenmangū.[11] | Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto | Kokushi genzaisha | Sugawara no Michizane , one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Lower Eight
Umenomiya Taisha.[11] | Ukyō-ku, Kyoto[26] | Myojin Taisha  | Sakatoke-no-kami, Ōwakako-no-kami, Satatokeko-no-kami, one of the Twenty-Two Shrines, Lower Eight;
Yoshida Shrine.[11] | Sakyō-ku, Kyoto | Shikigeisha [ja; simple] | Twenty-Two Shrines, Lower Eight, Take-mikazuchi-no-mitoko, Futsunushi Ame-no-Koyane, Himegami,[27]
Akama Jingu[11] | Shimonoseki |  | Emperor Antoku; n.b., raised to kanpei-taisha in 1940
Dazaifu Tenmangū.[28] | Dazaifu, Fukuoka |  | Sugawara no Michizane
Hikosan Jingū.[28] | Soeda, Fukuoka Prefecture |  | Amenooshihomimi

Izanagi Izanami-no-Mikoto

Iinoya-gū[11] | Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu[29] |  | Munenaga-shinnō
Ikasuri Shrine | Chūō-ku, Osaka | Shikinai Taisha | ichinomiya of Settsu Province[7] Zamagami
Ikuta Shrine[28] | Chūō-ku, Kobe | Myojin Taisha | Wakahiru-me
Itakiso Shrine[28] | Wakayama (city)[30] | Myojin Taisha | Isotakeru-no-kami [ja] (五十猛神)
Kamakura-gū[11] | Kamakura[31] |  | Morinaga-shinnō
Kanasana Shrine | Kodama District, Saitama | Myojin Taisha | Amaterasu, Susanoo-no-Mikoto
Kanegasaki-gū[28] | Tsuruga, Fukui[32] |  | Takanaga Shinnō, Tsunenaga shinnō
Kibitsu Shrine[28] | Okayama | Myojin Taisha | Ōkibitsu-hiko-no-mikoto, son of Emperor Kōrei; ichinomiya of Bitchū Province[12]
Kumano Nachi Taisha[28] | Nachikatsuura[33] | Kokushi genzaisha | Ketsumiko, Kumano Hayatama-no-kami, Kumano Fusumi-no-kami
Minase Shrine[34] | Shimamoto, Osaka |  | Emperor Go-Toba, Emperor Tsuchimikado and Emperor Juntoku; n.b., raised to kanpei-taisha in 1940
Mikami Shrine[28] | Yasu, Shiga[35] | Myojin Taisha | Ame-no-mikage-no-mikoto [ja]
Nagata Shrine.[28] | Nagata-ku, Kobe[36] | Myojin Taisha | Kotohshironushi-no-mikoto
Shiramine Jingū[34] | Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto |  | Emperor Junnin; n.b., raised to kanpei-taisha in 1940
Sumiyoshi Shrine[28] | Shimonoseki[37] | Myojin Taisha | Sumiyoshi sanjin, the aramitama of the Sun Goddess, Tsuki-sasaki-itsu no mitama-amasakaru-muka-tsu-hime-no- mitoko; ichinomiya of Nagato Province[12]
Yatsushiro-gū[11] | Yatsushiro, Kumamoto[38] |  | Prince Kaneyoshi
Watatsumi Shrine.[28] | Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Harima Province | Myojin Taisha | Watatsumi
Tainan Shrine.[28] | Tainan, Taiwan |  | now extinct; Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa-no-mikoto

#### Imperial shrines, 3rd rank

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There were five shrines that were considered the lowest ranked among the Imperial shrines. They were called Kanpei-shōsha (官幣小社).[28]

name  | location  | Category  | notes

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Kamado Shrine.[28] | Dazaifu, Fukuoka[39] | Myojin Taisha | Tamayori-bime

Emperor Ōjin Empress Jingū

Naminoue Shrine.[28] | Naha, Okinawa[40] |  | Izanami, Hayatama, Kotosaka; ichinomiya of Ryukyu Islands[41]
Ōkunitama Shrine.[28] | Fuchū, Tokyo[42] |  | Ōkuninushi

Okunitama

Shikaumi Shrine.[28] | Higashi-ku, Fukuoka[43] | Myojin Taisha | Uwatsutsunoo-no-mikoto, Kakatsutsunoo-no-mitoko, Sokotsutsunoo-no-mikoto,
Sumiyoshi Shrine.[28] | Hakata-ku, Fukuoka[44] | Myojin Taisha | Uwatsutsunoo-no-mikoto, Kakatsutsunoo-no-mitoko, Sokotsutsunoo-no-mikoto; ichinomiya of Chikuzen Province[12]

#### Other Imperial shrines

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After the establishment of the officially ranked Imperial shrines, another group of special shrines known as Bekkaku kanpeisha (別格官幣社) was created. These shrines were not included in the ranking system of the Imperial shrines, but were still imperial.[45]

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Yasukuni Shrine | Chiyoda, Tokyo | Chokusaisha | Gokoku Shrines are categorized separately but considered branches of this shrine[46]
Abeno Shrine | Abeno-ku, Osaka |  |
Fujishima Shrine | Fukui (city) |  |
Fukui Shrine [ja; simple] | Fukui (city) |  |
Goō Shrine | Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto |  |
Karasawayama Shrine | Tochigi Sano, Tochigi |  |
Kenkun Shrine | Kita-ku, Kyoto |  |
Kikuchi Shrine | Kikuchi, Kumamoto |  |
Kitabatake Shrine | Tsu, Mie |  |
Komikado Shrine | Narita, Chiba |  |
Kunōzan Tōshō-gū | Suruga-ku, Shizuoka |  |
Minatogawa Shrine | Chūō-ku, Kobe, Kobe, Japan  |  |
Nashinoki Shrine [ja; simple] | Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto |  |
Nawa Shrine | Saihaku District, Tottori Daisen, Tottori |  |
Nikkō Tōshō-gū | Nikkō |  |
Oyama Shrine | Kanazawa |  |
Ryōzen Shrine | Date, Fukushima |  |
Saga Shrine [ja; simple] | Saga (city) |  |
Shijōnawate Shrine | Shijōnawate |  |
Tanzan Shrine | Sakurai, Nara |  |
Toyokuni Shrine (Kyoto) | Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |  |
Toyosaka Shrine [ja; simple] | Yamaguchi (city) |  |
Noda Shrine [ja; simple] | Yamaguchi (city) |  |
Terukuni shrine | Kagoshima |  |
Tokiwa shrine | Mito, Ibaraki |  |
Uesugi Shrine | Yonezawa, Yamagata |  |
Yamauchi Shrine [ja; simple] | Kōchi Prefecture Kōchi, Kōchi |  |
Yūki Shrine | Tsu, Mie |  |

### Kokuhei-sha

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The Kokuhei-sha (国幣社) identified the hierarchy of government-supported shrines with national significance. The kokuheisha enshrined kami considered beneficial to more local areas.[1]

#### National shrines, 1st rank

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The most highly ranked, nationally significant shrines or Kokuhei Taisha (国幣大社) were six sanctuaries.

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Keta Taisha | Hakui, Ishikawa | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Noto Province[13] Ōkuninushi
Kōra taisha | Kurume, Fukuoka | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Chikugo Province[12] Hachiman
Kumano Taisha | Matsue, Shimane | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Izumo Province[13] Sumiyoshi sanjin
Nangū Taisha | Tarui, Gifu | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Mino Province[7]
Ōyamazumi Shrine | Imabari, Ehime | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Iyo Province[12] Ōyamatsumi
Tado Taisha | Kuwana, Mie | Myojin Taisha  | Ninomiya, Amatsuhikone

#### National shrines, 2nd rank

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The mid-range of ranked, nationally significant shrines or Kokuhei Chūsha (国幣中社) encompassed 47 sanctuaries.

name  | location  | Category  | notes

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Aekuni Shrine | Ueno, Iga |  | ichinomiya of Iga Province[7]
Ani Shrine | Okayama, Okayama | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Bizen Province[12]
Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine | Yuza, Yamagata | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Dewa Province;
Chinzei Taisha Suwa Shrine | Nagasaki, Nagasaki |  |
Hakodate Hachiman Shrine | Hakodate, Hokkaidō |  |
Hayatani Shrine | Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima |  | Ninomiya
Ichinomiya Nukisaki Shrine | Tomioka, Gunma | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Kōzuke Province[13]
Isasumi Shrine | Aizumisato, Fukushima | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Iwashiro Province
Ichinomiya Asama Shrine | Fuefuki, Yamanashi | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Kai Province[7]
Ikushimatarushima Shrine | Ueda, Nagano | Myojin Taisha  |
Imizu Shrine | Takaoka, Toyama | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Etchū Province
Izumo daijingu | Kameoka, Kyoto | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Tanba Province[13]
Izushi Shrine | Toyooka, Hyōgo | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Tajima Province[13]
Iwa Shrine | Shisō, Hyōgoe  | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Harima Province[12]
Isono Shrine | Saijō, Ehime | Myojin Taisha  |
Inbe Shrine | Tokushima, Tokushima | Myojin Taisha  |
Kaijin Shrine | Tsushima, Nagasaki | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Tsushima Province;
Kono Shrine | Miyazu, Kyoto | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Tango Province[13]
Kotohira-gu | Kotohira, Kagawa |  |
Masumida Shrine | Ichinomiya, Aichi | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Owari Province[7]
Mizuwakasu Shrine | Okinoshima, Shimane | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Oki Province[13]
Miho Shrine | Matsue, Shimane |  |
Nakayama Shrine | Tsuyama, Okayama | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Mimasaka Province[12]
Nikkō Futarasan Shrine | Nikkō, Tochigi | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Shimotsuke Province[13]
Nitta Shrine | Satsumasendai, Kagoshima |  | ichinomiya of Satsuma Province[12]
Ōasahiko Shrine | Naruto, Tokushima | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Awa Province[12]
Ōagata Shrine | Inuyama, Aichi | Myojin Taisha  | Ninomiya,
Oarai Isosaki Shrine | Ōarai, Ibaraki | Myojin Taisha  |
Shiogama Shrine | Shiogama, Miyagi | Shikigeisha [ja; simple] | ichinomiya of Mutsu Province[13]
Sakatsura Isosaki Shrine | Hitachinaka, Ibaraki | Myojin Taisha  |
Sumiyoshi Shrine (Iki City) | Iki, Nagasaki | Myojin Taisha  |
Samukawa Shrine | Samukawa, Kanagawa | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Sagami Province[7]
Shirayamahime Shrine | Hakusan, Ishikawa |  | ichinomiya of Kaga Province[13]
Sasamuta Shrine | Ōita, Ōita | Shikinai Taisha | ichinomiya of Bungo Province[12]
Tsutsukowake Shrine | Tanagura, Fukushima | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Mutsu Province[13]
Tamanooya Shrine | Hōfu, Yamaguchi |  | ichinomiya of Suō Province[12]
Tamasaki Shrine | Ichinomiya, Chiba | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Kazusa Province[7]
Tamura Shrine | Takamatsu, Kagawa | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Sanuki Province[12]
Tashima Shrine | Karatsu, Saga | Myojin Taisha  |
Tosa Shrine | Kōchi, Kōchi | Shikinai Taisha | ichinomiya of Tosa Province[12]
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū | Kamakura, Kanagawa |  |
Utsunomiya Futarayama Shrine | Utsunomiya, Tochigi | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Shimotsuke Province[13]
Ube Shrine | Tottori, Tottori | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Inaba Province[12]
Wakasahiko Shrine | Obama, Fukui | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Wakasa Province[13]
Yahiko Shrine | Yahiko, Niigata | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Echigo Province[13]

#### National shrines, 3rd rank

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The lowest ranked, nationally significant shrines or Kokuhei Shōsha (国幣小社) includes 50 sanctuaries.

Name  | location  | category  | notes

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Chichibu Shrine | Chichibu, Saitama |  | Shinomiya
Chiriku Hachiman Shrine | Miyaki, Saga |  | ichinomiya of Buzen Province
Dewa Shrine | Tsuruoka, Yamagata |  | one of the Three Mountains of Dewa
Fujisaki-hachimangu | Kumamoto, Kumamoto |  |
Hakone Shrine | Hakone, Kanagawa |  |
Hinomisaki Shrine | Izumo, Shimane |  |
Hirasaki Shrine | Ibusuki, Kagoshima |  | ichinomiya of Satsuma Province[12]
Hotaka Shrine | Azumino, Nagano | Myojin Taisha  |
Iminomiya Shrine | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi |  |
Inaba Shrine | Gifu, Gifu |  |
Iwakiyama Shrine | Hirosaki, Aomori |  | ichinomiya of Mutsu Province
Izusan Shrine | Atami, Shizuoka |  |
Kibitsuhiko Shrine | Okayama, Okayama | Myojin Taisha  | ichinomiya of Bizen Province[12]
Kibitsu Shrine | Fukuyama, Hiroshima |  | ichinomiya of Bingo Province[12]
Koshiō Shrine | Akita, Akita | Kokushi genzaisha |
Komagata Shrine | Ōshū, Iwate |  | ichinomiya of Rikuchū Province
Minashi Shrine | Takayama, Gifu |  | ichinomiya of Hida Province[13]
Mononobe Shrine | Ōda, Shimane |  | ichinomiya of Iwami Province[13]
Nunakuma Shrine | Fukuyama, Hiroshima |  |
Ōgamiyama Shrine | Yonago, Tottori |  |
Oguni shrine [simple] | Mori, Shizuoka |  | ichinomiya of Tōtōmi Province[7]
Owari Ōkunitama Shrine | Inazawa, Aichi |  |
Oyama Shrine | Tateyama, Toyama |  | ichinomiya of Etchū Province[13]
Sada Shrine | Matsue, Shimane |  |
Shitori Shrine | Yurihama, Tottori |  | ichinomiya of Hōki Province[13]
Shizuoka Sengen Shrine | Aoi-ku, Shizuoka |  |
Susa Shrine | Izumo, Shimane |  |
Sugo Ishibe Shrine [ja; simple] | Kaga, Ishikawa |  | Ninomiya
Tsushima Shrine | Tsushima, Aichi |  |
Tsurugi Shrine [ja; simple] | Echizen, Fukui |  | Ninomiya
Togakushi Shrine | Nagano, Nagano |  |
Takase Shrine | Nanto, Toyama |  | ichinomiya of Etchū Province[13]
Toga Shrine | Toyokawa, Aichi |  | ichinomiya of Mikawa Province[7]
Tsuno Shrine | Tsuno, Miyazaki |  | ichinomiya of Hyūga Province[12]
Watatsu Shrine | Sado, Niigata |  | ichinomiya of Sado Province[13]
Yudonosan Shrine | Tsuruoka, Yamagata |  | one of the Three Mountains of Dewa
Yusuhara Hachimangū | Oita, Oita |  | ichinomiya of Bungo Province[12]
Heijō Shrine | Pyongyang, Korea |  | extinct
Kagi Shrine | Chiayi, Taiwan |  | extinct
Kankō Shrine [simple] | Hamhung, Korea |  | extinct
Keijō Shrine | Seoul, Korea |  | extinct
Kōshū Shrine [simple] | Gwangju, Korea |  | extinct
Kōgen Shrine [simple] | Chuncheon, Korea |  | extinct
Ryūtōsan Shrine | Busan, Korea |  | extinct
Shinchiku Shrine [simple] | Hsinchu, Taiwan |  | extinct
Taichu Shrine | Taichung, Taiwan |  | extinct
Taikyu Shrine [simple] | Daegu, Korea |  | extinct
Zenshū Shrine [simple] | Jeonju, Korea |  | extinct

## Gokoku shrines

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Gokoku shrines were ranked separately.[a] They were considered branches of Yasukuni Shrine.[46] This list only includes those which are currently ranked as Beppyo shrines.

name  | location  | Beppyo  | notes

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Yasukuni Shrine | Tokyo | formerly  | Traditional head shrine. Also ranked as a Bekkaku Kanpeisha
Miyagi Gokoku Shrine | Sendai, Miyagi [] | yes  |
Akita Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Akita (city) | yes  |
Yamagata Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Yamagata | yes  |
Fukushima Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Fukushima (city) | yes  |
Ibaraki Prefectural Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Mito, Ibaraki | yes  |
Gunma Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Takasaki | yes  |
Chiba Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Chiba (city) Chūō-ku, Chiba | yes  |
Niigata Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Niigata (city) Chūō-ku, Niigata | yes  |
Toyama Gokoku Shrine | Toyama (city) | yes  |
Ishikawa Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Kanazawa | yes  |
Fukui Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Fukui (city) | yes  |
Yamanashi Gokoku Shrine [ja; de; simple] | Kōfu | yes  |
Nagano Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Matsumoto, Nagano | yes  |
Gifu Gokoku Shrine | Gifu | yes  |
Shizuokaken Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Aoi Ward, Shizuoka (city) | yes  |
Aichi Gokoku Shrine | Naka-ku, Nagoya | yes  |
Mie Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Tsu, Mie | yes  |
Shiga Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja; sv; simple] | Hikone, Shiga | yes  |
Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine | Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture | yes  |
Osaka Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Suminoe-ku, Osaka | yes  |
Hyogo Himeji Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Himeji | yes  |
Hyogo Prefecture Kobe Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Nada-ku, Kobe | yes  |
Nara Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Nara (city) | yes  |
Matsue Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Matsue | yes  |
Hamada Gokoku Shrine | Hamada, Shimane | yes  |
Okayama Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Naka-ku, Okayama | yes  |
Bingo Gokoku Shrine | Fukuyama, Hiroshima | yes  |
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine | Naka-ku, Hiroshima | yes  |
Yamaguchi Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Yamaguchi (city) | yes  |
Tokushima Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Tokushima (city) | yes  |
Ehime Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Matsuyama | yes  |
Kochi Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Kōchi, Kōchi | yes  |
Fukuoka Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Chūō-ku, Fukuoka | yes  |
Saga Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Saga (city) | yes  |
Nagasaki Gokoku Shrine | Nagasaki | yes  |
Oita Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Ōita (city) | yes  |
Kagoshima Prefecture Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Kagoshima | yes  |
Miyazaki Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Miyazaki (city) | yes  | Not a proper Gokoku Shrine but listed as equivalent due to having been finished after the war
Kumamoto Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Kumamoto | yes  | Not a proper Gokoku Shrine but listed as equivalent due to having been finished after the war
Okinawa Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Okinawa Prefecture | no  |
Hida Gokoku Shrine | Takayama, Gifu Prefecture | no  |
Aomori Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Aomori | no  |
Wakayama Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Wakayama (city) | no  |
Meguro Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Meguro | no  |
Iki Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Iki, Nagasaki | no  |
Kagawa Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Zentsūji, Kagawa | no  |
Kawanami Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Kawaminami, Miyazaki | no  |
Saitama Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Saitama (city) | no  |
Sapporo Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Sapporo | no  |
Tanao Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Hekinan | no  |
Tochigi Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Tochigi (city) | no  |
Nōhi Gokoku Shrine | Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture | no  |
Hakodate Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Hakodate | no  |
Matsumae Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Matsumae, Hokkaido | no  |
Taiwan Gokoku Shrine [ja] | Taiwan | no  |

## "Min-sha"

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The Sho-sha (諸社) or various smaller shrines ranking below these two levels of Kan-sha ("official government shrines") are commonly, though unofficially, referred to as "people's shrines" or Min-sha (民社). These lower-ranking shrines were initially subdivided by the proclamation of the fourteenth day of the fifth month of 1871 into four main ranks, "Metropolitan", "Clan" or "Domain", "Prefectural", and "District" shrines.[4] By far the largest number of shrines fell below the rank of District shrine. Their status was clarified by the District Shrine Law (郷社定則, Gōsha Teisoku) of the fourth day of the seventh month of 1871, in accordance with which "Village shrines" ranked below their respective "District shrines", while the smaller local shrines or Hokora ranked beneath the "Village shrines".[4]

Here is a non-exhaustive list of shrines under each categorization. This list only includes ones now listed as Beppyo shrines unless otherwise specified.

### Metropolitan and Prefectural Shrines

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"Metropolitan shrines" were known as Fu-sha (府社).[4] "Prefectural shrines" were known as Ken-sha (県社).[4] At a later date, the "Prefectural shrines" were classed together with the "Metropolitan shrines" as "Metropolitan and Prefectural Shrines" or Fuken-sha (府県社).[4]

Name  | location  | Category  | notes

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Metropolitan Shrine (府社)
Nogi Shrine (Tokyo) | Minato, Tokyo | －  |
Kanda Shrine | Chiyoda, Tokyo |  |
Tōgō Shrine | Tokyo Shibuya | －  |
Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine (Tokyo) | Suginami | －  |
Yushima Tenmangū | Bunkyō |  |
Atago Shrine (Kyoto) | Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture Ukyō-ku, Kyoto | Shikinai Shosha  |
Osaka Tenmangū | Kita-ku, Osaka |  |
Kōzu-gū | Chuo Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture  |  |
Prefectural Shrine (県社)
Sumiyoshi Shrine | Otaru |  |
Kamikawa Shrine | Asahikawa |  |
Obihiro Shrine | Obihiro |  |
Tarumaezan Shrine | Tomakomai |  |
Saruka Shrine | Hirakawa, Aomori |  |
Shiwa Inari Shrine [ja] | Shiwa District, Iwate Shiwa, Iwate | －  |
Morioka Hachimangū | Morioka | －  |
Kinkasan Shrine [ja] | Ishinomaki | Shōsha Ronsha (小社論社)  |
Takekoma Inari Shrine | Iwanuma |  |
Taiheiyama Miyoshi Shrine [ja] | Akita (city) |  |
Akita Suwa Shrine [ja] | Senboku District, Akita Misato, Akita |  |
Kinpō Shrine | Tsuruoka |  |
Kumano Shrine | Nan'yō, Yamagata |  |
Ayukai Hachimangu [ja] | Nishiokitama District, Yamagata Shirataka | －  |
Yachi Hachimangu [ja] | Nishimurayama District, Yamagata Kahoku, Yamagata | －  |
Chōkai gassan ryōsho-gu [ja; simple] | Yamagata | －  |
Sagae Hachimangu [ja] | Sagae | －  |
Tsukubasan Shrine | Tsukuba | Myojin Taisha (名神)・Shikinai Shosha  |
Mito Tōshō-gū | Mito, Ibaraki | －  |
Mitsumine Shrine [ja] | Chichibu, Saitama |  |
Hodosan Shrine [ja] | Nagatoro, Saitama |  |
Yakyu Inari Shrine [ja] | Higashimatsuyama, Saitama |  |
Hikawa Shrine (Kawagoe) | Kawagoe, Saitama |  |
Washinomiya Shrine | Kuki, Saitama |  |
Koma Shrine | Hidaka, Saitama |  |
Enoshima Shrine | Fujisawa, Kanagawa |  |
Iseyama Kotaijingu [ja] | Yokohama | －  |
Hiratsuka Hachimangu [ja] | Hiratsuka |  |
Hōtoku Ninomiya Shrine | Odawara | －  |
Oyama Aburi Shrine [ja] | Isehara, Kanagawa | Shikinai Shosha  |
Hakusan Shrine [ja] | Niigata (city) Chūō-ku, Niigata | Shōsha Ronsha (小社論社)  |
Hie Shrine (Toyama) [ja] | Toyama city | －  |
Onominato Shrine [ja] | Kanazawa | Shikinai Shosha  |
Shinmei Shrine [ja] | Fukui (city) |  |
Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Asama Shrine [ja] | Fujiyoshida |  |
Fuji Omuro Asama Shrine [ja] | Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Fujikawaguchiko |  |
Takeda Shrine | Kōfu | －  |
Fukashi Shrine [ja] | Matsumoto, Nagano |  |
Tenaga Shrine [ja] | Suwa, Nagano |  |
Takemizuwake Shrine [ja] | Chikuma, Nagano | Myojin Taisha (名神)  |
Nyakuichi Ouji Shrine [ja] | Ōmachi, Nagano |  |
Sakurayama Hachimangu [ja] | Takayama, Gifu |  |
Akihasan Hongū Akiha Shrine | Tenryū Ward |  |
Shirahama Shrine [ja] | Shimoda, Shizuoka | Myojin Taisha (名神)  |
Yaizu Shrine | Yaizu |  |
Oi Shrine [ja] | Shimada, Shizuoka |  |
Gosha Suwa Shrine [ja; fr; simple] | Chūō-ku, Hamamatsu |  |
Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine | Naka Ward, Nagoya City  |  |
Chiryu Shrine [ja] | Chiryū | Shikinai Shosha  |
Tsubaki Grand Shrine | Suzuka, Mie | Shōsha Ronsha (小社論社)  |
Himure Hachiman-gū | Ōmihachiman |  |
Nagahama Hachimangu [ja] | Nagahama, Shiga |  |
Nishinomiya Shrine | Nishinomiya |  |
Itatehyōzu Shrine | Himeji | Shikinai Shosha  |
Hiromine Shrine | Himeji | Kokushi genzaisha (国史)  |
Oishi Shrine | Akō, Hyōgo | －  |
Tada Shrine | Kawanishi, Hyōgo | －  |
Isonozatakumushitama Shrine [ja] | Yamatotakada, Nara | Taisha (大社)  |
Tokei Shrine [ja] | Tanabe, Wakayama |  |
Hirahama Hachimangu [ja] | Matsue |  |
Yaegaki Shrine | Matsue | Shikinai Shosha  |
Fukuyama Hachimangū | Fukuyama, Hiroshima |  |
Kameyama Shrine [ja] | Kure, Hiroshima |  |
Hōfu Tenmangū | Hōfu |  |
Kotozaki Hachimangu [ja] | Ube, Yamaguchi |  |
Kameyama Hachimangū | Shimonoseki |  |
Ishizuchi Shrine [ja] | Saijō, Ehime |  |
Warei Shrine [ja] | Uwajima, Ehime |  |
Iyozu Hikomei Shrine [ja] | Matsuyama | Myojin Taisha (名神)  |
Ushioe Tenmangu shrine [ja] | Kōchi (city) |  |
Miyajidake Shrine | Fukutsu, Fukuoka |  |
Kurume Suitengū | Kurume City  |  |
Kushida Shrine | Hakata-ku, Fukuoka |  |
Furogu Shrine | Ōkawa, Fukuoka |  |
Tobata Hachimangu [ja] | Kitakyushu Tobata-ku, Kitakyūshū |  |
Kosou Hachimangu [ja] | Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū |  |
Umi Hachiman-gū | Kasuya District, Fukuoka Umi, Fukuoka |  |
Otomi Shrine [ja] | Buzen, Fukuoka |  |
Terumo Shrine | Chūō-ku, Fukuoka |  |
Noso Hachimangu [ja] | Iizuka, Fukuoka |  |
Yūtoku Inari Shrine | Kashima, Saga | －  |
Kameyama Hachimangu Shrine [ja] | Sasebo |  |
Aoi Aso Shrine | Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto |  |
Hachiman Asami Shrine [ja] | Beppu |  |
Kasuga Shrine [ja] | Ōita (city) |  |
Kanhashira-gū [ja; fr] | Miyakonojō |  |
Sano Shrine [ja] | Nishimorokata District, Miyazaki Takaharu, Miyazaki |  |
Susaki Shrine |  |  | Awa Province Ichinomiya, Not a Beppyo shrine
Rokusho Shrine [ja] |  |  | Soja Shrine, Not a Beppyo shrine
Take Shrine | Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima | Myojin Taisha (名神)  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Unknown
Tsubaki-Nakato Shrine | Suzuka, Mie Prefecture |  | Ise Province Ichinomiya, Not a Beppyo shrine
Kotonomama Hachiman-gū | Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture |  | Tōtōmi Province Ichinomiya, Not a Beppyo shrine
Keta Jinja | Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture |  | ichinomiya of former Etchū Province, Not a Beppyo shrine
Kota Shrine | Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture |  | ichinomiya of former Echigo Province, Not a Beppyo shrine
Amatsu Shrine | Itoigawa, Niigata |  | ichinomiya of former Echigo Province, Not a Beppyo shrine
Awaga-jinja | Asago in Hyōgo Prefecture |  | ichinomiya of former Tajima Province, Not a Beppyo shrine
Ichinomiya Shrine | Tokushima in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan |  | ichinomiya of former Awa Province, Not a Beppyo shrine
Yodohime Shrine [simple] | Saga, Saga Prefecture |  | Hizen Province ichinomiya, Not a Beppyo shrine
Adachi Myokengu [ja] | Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Awata Shrine [ja] | Kyoto, Japan |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Izumi Inoue Shrine [ja] | Izumi Province, Japan |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Kitaoka Shrine [sv; ja] | Higo Province, Japan |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Mizokui Shrine [ja] | Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Nanba Shrine [ja; de; fr; simple] | Osaka |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Nitta Shrine (Ōta) |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Suga Shrine | Unnan, Shimane Prefecture, Japan |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Sakurai Shrine (Sakai) | Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Onji Shrine [ja] | Osaka Prefecture, Japan | Myojin Taisha | Not a Beppyo shrine
Suda Hachiman Shrine | Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Hyōzu Shrine [ja] | Nishiwaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Konda Hachimangu [ja] | Habikino |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Fujishiro-ōji [fr] | Kainan City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Ikoma Shrine | Ikoma, Nara |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Yamato Okunitama Shrine [ja; simple] | Minamiawaji, Hyōgo Prefecture |  | Not a Beppyo shrine, Yamato Okunitama, Awaji Province Ninomiya
Koxinga Shrine | Tainan, Taiwan |  | Was proposed to be the highest shrine in Taiwan[47]: 108

### Clan or Domain shrines

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"Clan shrines" or "Domain shrines" were known as Han-sha (藩社).[4] Due to the abolition of the han system, no shrines were ever placed in this category.[45]

### District shrine

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"District shrines" were known as Gō-sha (郷社).[4]

Name  | location  | Category  | notes

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Hokutan Shrine [ja] | Shōnai, Yamagata | －  |
Osugi Shrine [ja] | Inashiki |  |
Igusa Hachimangu [ja] | Suginami | －  |
Inage Shrine [ja] | Kawasaki, Kanagawa Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki |  |
Fuji Yamashitamiya Komuro Asama Shrine [ja] | Fujiyoshida |  |
Fuji Rokusho Sengen Shrine [ja] | Fuji, Shizuoka | Shikinai Shosha  |
Imamiya Ebisu Shrine | Naniwa-ku, Osaka |  |
Taikodani Inari Shrine [ja] | Kanoashi District, Shimane Tsuwano, Shimane |  |
Tsunomine Shrine [ja] | Anan, Tokushima |  |
Washio Atago Shrine [ja] | Nishi-ku, Fukuoka |  |
Tagata Shrine |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Yatsurugi Shrine [simple] |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Ono Shrine |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine

Musashi Province Ichinomiya

Ebetsu shrine |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Hokumon Shrine |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Kushihiki Hachimangū |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Ōsasahara Shrine |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Shirahigetawara Shrine |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Torigoe Hachiman Shrine |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Tosa Kokubun-ji |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Katano Shrine [ja] |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Namba Yasaka Shrine [fr; ja] |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Yagi Shrine [ja] | Kishiwada, Osaka |  | Not a Beppyo shrine

### Village shrines

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"Village shrines" were known as Son-sha (村社) and ranked below their respective "District shrines", in accordance with the District Shrine Law of 4 July 1871.[4]

Name  | location  | Category  | notes

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Ōsaki Hachimangū | Sendai Aoba-ku, Sendai |  |
Kasama Inari Shrine | Kasama, Ibaraki |  |
Yohashira Shrine [ja] | Matsumoto, Nagano | －  |
Kinomiya Shrine [ja] | Atami |  |
Futami Okitama Shrine | Ise, Mie |  |
Aga Shrine [ja] | Higashiōmi |  |
Hijiyama Shrine [ja] | Hiroshima Minami-ku, Hiroshima |  |
Wakamatsu Ebisu Shrine [ja] | Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyūshū |  |
Aoshima Shrine | Miyazaki (city) |  |
Takachiho Shrine | Nishiusuki District, Miyazaki Takachiho, Miyazaki | Kokushi genzaisha (国史)  |
Amanoiwato Shrine | Takachiho Town, Nishiusuki District  |  |
Amanotanagao Shrine [ja; simple] | Iki, Nagasaki | Myojin Taisha (名神)  | Iki Province Ichinomiya, not a Beppyo shrine
Araki Shrine | Okinoshima, Shimane |  | Sōja shrine, not a Beppyo shrine
Hinumanai Shrine [ja] | Kyōtango, Kyoto Prefecture |  | not a Beppyo shrine
Ichinomiya Sengen Shrine | Ichikawamisato, Nishiyatsushiro District in Yamanashi Prefecture | Myojin Taisha (名神)  | Kai Province Ichinomiya, not a Beppyo shrine
Kamochi Shrine | Hino, Tottori Prefecture |  | not a Beppyo shrine
Nagakusa Tenjin Shrine | Aichi Prefecture, Obu City |  | not a Beppyo shrine
Togakushi Shrine |  |  | not a Beppyo shrine
Yurahime Shrine [ja; simple] | Oki-gun, Shimane  | Myojin Taisha (名神)  | Oki Province Ichinomiya, not a Beppyo shrine
Kō Shrine [ja] |  |  | Iki Province Sōja shrine

### Hokora or Ungraded shrines

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Small local shrines known as Hokora (祠) are ranked beneath the village shrines, in accordance with the District Shrine Law of 4 July 1871.[4] At a later date, shrines beneath the rank of "Village shrines" were classed as "Ungraded shrines" or Mukaku-sha (無格社).[4]

Name  | location  | Category  | notes

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Sarutahiko Shrine | Ise, Mie |  | Sarutahiko Ōkami
Takahashi Inari Shrine | Kumamoto |  | －
Itsukushima Shrine (Kyoto) |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Shirakumo Shrine |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine
Suitengū (Tokyo) |  |  | Not a Beppyo shrine

## Statistics

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New shrines were established and existing shrines promoted to higher ranks at various dates, but a 1903 snapshot of the 193,297 shrines in existence at that time saw the following:[4]

* Kan-sha
* Imperial shrines: 95
* National shrines: 75
* "Min-sha"
* Metropolitan and prefectural shrines: 571
* District shrines: 3,476
* Village shrines: 52,133
* Ungraded shrines: 136,947

## See also

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* List of Shinto shrines
* Setsumatsusha

## Notes

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1. ^ Miyazaki Gokoku Shrine [ja] and Kumamoto Gokoku Shrine [ja] were completed after World War II, when the war ended and the Ministry of Home Affairs was abolished, so they were not designated by the Minister of Home Affairs and are actually correctly designated as "equivalent to designated Gokoku-jinja Shrine".

## References

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1. ^ a b c Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University: Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms, Kampei Taisha.
2. ^ Holtom, D.C. (2012-11-12) [First published 1965]. The National Faith Of Japan. A Study in Modern Shinto. Routledge. p. 12\. ISBN 9781136165573.
3. ^ Bocking, Brian (1997). A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Curzon Press. p. 120\. ISBN 9780700710515.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Fridell, Wilbur M (1975). "The Establishment of Shrine Shinto in Meiji Japan". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 2 (2–3). Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture: 137–168\. doi:10.18874/jjrs.2.2-3.1975.137-168.2–3&rft.pages=137-168&rft.date=1975&rft_id=info:doi/10.18874/jjrs.2.2-3.1975.137-168&rft.au=Fridell,+Wilbur+M&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.18874%2Fjjrs.2.2-3.1975.137-168&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Modern+system+of+ranked+Shinto+shrines" class="Z3988">
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 124.
6. ^ Chiba prefectural government: Chiba, Katori Shrine[permanent dead link]
7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1; retrieved 2013-1-28.
8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Ponsonby-Fane. Imperial, p. 125.
9. ^ National Diet Library (NDL): Kanpei Taisha Kasuga Jinja
10. ^ Nara National Museum: No. 31, Map of the Precincts of Kanpei Taisha Isonokami Shrine Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Ponsonby-Fane. Imperial, p. 126.
12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3; retrieved 2013-1-28.
13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2; retrieved 2013-1-28.
14. ^ a b Sawada, Janine Anderson. (2004). Practical pursuits: religion, politics, and personal cultivation in nineteenth-century Japan, p. 312 n15.
15. ^ Breen, John et al. (2000). Shinto in History: ways of the Kami, p. 276.
16. ^ Encyclopedia of Shinto: Atsuta Shinkō
17. ^ Bernstein, Andrew. "Whose Fuji?: Religion, Region, and State in the Fight for a National Symbol,"[permanent dead link] Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 63, No. 1, Spring 2008, pp. 51-99; Ponsonby-Fane, (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 125.
18. ^ Asama Shrine: Fujinomiya, Shizuoka = Ōmiya in Suruga province
19. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, (1963). The Vicissitudes of Shinto, p. 328.
20. ^ 北海道神宮 ... Hokkaido Jingu Shrine at Nippon-Kichi.jp; retrieved 2012-1-29.
21. ^ Takebe Taisha: Ōtsu, Shiga = Seta in Ōmi province
22. ^ NDL: Kanpei Taisha Yoshino Jingu
23. ^ Michio, Nakajima; 𠀓𤚇𙥷𡌕𰀇 (2010). "Shinto Deities that Crossed the Sea: Japan's "Overseas Shrines," 1868 to 1945". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 37 (1): 21–46\. ISSN 0304-1042.
24. ^ Peattie, Mark R. (1988). Nanʻyō: the rise and fall of the Japanese in Micronesia, 1885-1945, pp. 225-229; n.b., construction completed in 1941
25. ^ Peattie, p. 339 n61.
26. ^ Umenomiya Shrine: Ukyō-ku, Kyoto = Umetsu in Yamashiro province
27. ^ "Japanese Shrines". www.taleofgenji.org. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
28. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Ponsonby-Fane. Imperial, p. 127.
29. ^ Iinoya-gū:Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu = Iya in Tōtōmi province.
30. ^ Itakeso Shrine: Wakayama, Wakayama = Nishiyama Higashimura in Kii province; n.b., Kii Province (紀伊国, Kii no Kuni) = Kishū (紀州)
31. ^ Kamakura-gū: Kamakura, Kanagawa = Kamakura in Sagami province
32. ^ Kanegazaki Shrine: Tsuruga, Fukui = Tsuruga in Echizen province
33. ^ Kumano Nachi Taisha: Nachikatsuura, Wakayama = Nachi in Kii province; n.b., Kii Province (紀伊国, Kii no Kuni) = Kishū (紀州), was a province of Honshū in Wakayama Prefecture and Mie Prefecture.
34. ^ a b Ponsonby-Fane. Imperial, p. 126; n.b., raised to kanpei-taisha in 1940
35. ^ Mikami Shrine: Yasu, Shiga = Mikamimura in Ōmi province
36. ^ Nagata Shrine: Nagata-ku, Kobe = Kobe in Settsu province.
37. ^ Sumiyoshi Shrine: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi = Katsuyama in Nagato province
38. ^ Yatsushiro Shrine: Yatsushiro, Kumamoto = Yatsushiro in Higo province
39. ^ Kamado Shrine: Dazaifu, Fukuoka = Fukuoka in Chikuzen province
40. ^ Naminoe Shrine: Naha, Okinawa = Wakasa on Okinawa Island in the Ryukyu Kingdom
41. ^ Kerr, George H. (1953). Ryukyu Kingdom and Province before 1945, p. 203.
42. ^ Ōkunitama jinja at Fuchū, Tokyo = Fuchū in Musashi province
43. ^ Shigaumi Shrine: Higashi-ku, Fukuoka = Fukuoka, Chikuzen province
44. ^ Sumiyoshi Shrine: Hakata-ku, Fukuoka = Fukuoka in Chikuzen province
45. ^ a b "Modern Shrine Ranking System". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Kokugakuin University. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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47. ^ Shimizu, Karli; Rambelli, Fabio (2022-10-06). Overseas Shinto Shrines: Religion, Secularity and the Japanese Empire. London New York (N.Y.) Oxford: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-350-23498-7.

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Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

| Buildings|

* chōzu or temizu
* Haiden
* Heiden
* hokora
* honden / shinden / shōden
* kagura-den
* setsumatsusha

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Architectonic elements|

* Chinjusha
* chigi
* hidden roof
* kaerumata: see nakazonae
* kairō
* karahafu
* karamon
* katōmado
* katsuogi
* kitsune (fox)
* komainu
* mon
* nakazonae
* shinboku
* shōrō
* sōrin
* tamagaki
* tokyō
* torii
* tōrō

Styles|

* hirairi-zukuri
* tsumairi-zukuri
* hachiman-zukuri
* hiyoshi-zukuri
* irimoya-zukuri
* ishi-no-ma-zukuri
* kasuga-zukuri
* kibitsu-zukuri
* misedana-zukuri
* nagare-zukuri
* ōtori-zukuri
* owari-zukuri
* ryōnagare-zukuri
* shinmei-zukuri
* sumiyoshi-zukuri
* taisha-zukuri

Decorations|

* Sandō
* Saisen
* Tomoe
* Shimenawa

Others

| Implements|

* An
* Chōzubachi
* Chōzuya
* Hakama
* Himorogi
* Jōe
* Kagura suzu
* O-miki
* Ō-nusa
* Gohei
* Sanbo
* Shide
* Shinsen
* Suzu
* Tamagushi
* Masakaki
* Washi

|

Head shrines1|

* Fushimi Inari Taisha
* Inari Ōkami
* Inari shrine
* Usa Hachiman-gū
* Hachiman
* Hachiman Shrine
* Ise Grand Shrine
* Amaterasu
* Jingūkyō
* Jingu Taima
* Shinmei shrines
* Dazaifu Tenman-gū
* Tenjin
* Tenmangū
* Munakata Taisha
* daughters of Amaterasu
* Suwa Taisha
* Takeminakata
* Yasakatome
* Kotoshironushi
* Hiyoshi Taisha
* Ōkuninushi
* Oyamakui no Kami
* Sannō torii
* Sannō Ichijitsu Shintō
* Kumano Nachi Taisha
* Kumano Kodō
* Kumano Sanzan
* Tsushima Shrine
* Gion cult
* Yasaka Shrine
* Gion cult

Tutelary deities|

* Ujigami
* Chinjugami
* Garanshin
* Dōsojin
* Jinushigami
* Yama-no-Kami
* Oyagami
* Sorei
* Ubusunagami
* Kunitama

Yorishiro and Shintai|

* Mirrors
* Shinboku (trees)
* Chinju no Mori (forests)
* Iwakura (rocks)
* Meoto Iwa
* Kannabi (locations)
* Katashiro (dolls)
* Kadomatsu
* Bunrei and Kanjō (propagation)
* Ofuda
* Jingu Taima
* Omamori
* Senjafuda
* Arahitogami
* Mikoshi
* Matsuri float
* Shinko-shiki

Staff|

* Kannushi
* Miko

Miscellaneous|

* A-un
* Kanjo Nawa
* Junrei
* Misaki
* Miyamairi
* Shinshi

Classification|

* Twenty-Two Shrines
* Gokoku Shrines
* Beppyo Shrines
* Shinkai (divine rank)
* Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines
* Engishiki Jinmyocho
* Chinjusha
* Setsumatsusha
* Hokora
* Buddhist elements
* jingū-ji
* miyadera
* Whale mounds
* Kamidana
* Mitamaya
* Sōja shrine

History|

* Shrine Parishioner Registration
* Secular Shrine Theory
* Shrine Consolidation Policy
* Shrine Shinto

Misc practices for visitors|

* Ō-mikuji
* Shuin
* Ema

Institutions|

* Jinja Honchō

Rites|

* Futomani
* Harae
* Kagura
* Misogi
* Hakushu
* Two bows, two claps, one bow
* Jichinsai

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State Shinto

Organizations|

* Department of Divinities
* Ministry of Divinities
* Missionary Office
* Ministry of Religion
* Kyodo Shoku
* Taikyo Institute
* Bureau of Shinto Affairs
* Bureau of Shrines and Temples
* Home Ministry
* Institute of Japanese Classics Research
* National Association of Shinto Priests
* Bureau of Shrines
* Bureau of Religions
* Institute of Divinities
* Jingu-kyo
* Kokugakuin University

Concepts|

* Unity of religion and rule
* Haibutsu kishaku
* Secular Shrine Theory
* Yasukuni Shrine
* Shōkonsha
* Imperial cult
* Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines

Events|

* Taikyo Proclamation
* Shinbutsu bunri
* Shrine Consolidation Policy
* Religious Organizations Law
* Shrine Parishioner Registration
* Humanity Declaration
* Shinto Directive

Successor organizations|

* Association of Shinto Shrines
* Kokugakuin University
* Shinto Taikyo
* Yasukuni Shrine
* Gokoku Shrines
* Shrine Shinto

Predecessors|

* Kokugaku
* Fukko Shinto

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