Tatsuta Taisha

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).

Tatsuta Shrine (龍田大社, Tatsuta-taisha)
Torii at the entrance of Tatsuta Shrine
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Shinatsuhiko
Location
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	34°35′35″N 135°41′15″E
Architecture
Style	Kasuga-zukuri
Glossary of Shinto

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]

See also

• List of Shinto shrines
• Twenty-Two Shrines
• Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines
• Tatsuta Maru

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.

References

• Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2363-4
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 399449
• ____________. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887