Atago Jinja (Kyoto)
| Atago Jinja 愛宕神社 |
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 Atago Jinja
愛宕神社 |
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| Type | Atago shrine |
| Dedicated to | Atago Gongen |
| Founded | 701 - 704 |
| Founder(s) | En no Ozunu, Taichō |
| Reisai | Sen-nichi Tsuyasai (July 31) |
| Address | Atago-chō, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto |
| Coordinates | 35°3′36″N 135°38′4″E / 35.06000°N 135.63444°E |
| Website | kyoto-atago |
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Atago Shrine (愛宕神社 Atago-jinja?) is a Shinto shrine on Mount Atago, the northwest of Kyoto, Japan. Enshrined is Atago Gongen who protects Kyoto from fire.Shugendō practices and a place for worship are known from the eighth century. The late-Kamakura period Honden has been designated an Important Cultural Property. (Actually, the late-Kamakura period Honden is located at another Atago-jinja in Kameoka, to the northwest of Kyoto : 35°2′28″N 135°35′13″E / 35.04111°N 135.58694°E[1]) Atago Jinja is the head of nine hundred Atago shrines throughout Japan.
Bouchy, Anne-Marie (1987). "The Cult of Mount Atago and the Atago Confraternities". The Journal of Asian Studies. 46 (2): 255–277. doi:10.2307/2056014.
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