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Kenkun Shrine

Coordinates: 35°2′19″N 135°44′35″E / 35.03861°N 135.74306°E / 35.03861; 135.74306
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Kenkun Shrine
The Kaguraden at Kenkun shrine
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeityOda Nobunaga
Location
LocationKyōto-fu
Kyōto-shi
Kita-ku
Murasakino
Kitafunaoka-machi 49
Kenkun Shrine is located in Japan
Kenkun Shrine
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates35°2′19″N 135°44′35″E / 35.03861°N 135.74306°E / 35.03861; 135.74306
Architecture
FounderEmperor Meiji
Date established1869
Glossary of Shinto

Kenkun Shrine (建勲神社,, Kenkun-jinja) also known as Takeisao Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in the city of Kyoto, Japan. One of the four shrines that protect Kyoto in the four cardinal directions, it protects Kyoto from the north. Oda Nobunaga, a daimyō and key figure in the unification of Japan during the late 16th century, is deified and buried inside.[1]

Funaoka Matsuri

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The Funaoka Matsuri is a festival held every year on October 19 at Kenkun shrine commemorating the day when Nobunaga first entered Kyoto in 1568. Young boys dressed in samurai armor portray Nobunaga's army as they marched into Kyoto to take control of the government.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dougill, John (2006). Kyoto: a cultural history. Oxford University Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-19-530138-0.
  2. ^ Martin, John H.; Martin, Phyllis G. (2002). Kyoto: A Cultural Guide. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing. p. 339. ISBN 978-0-8048-3341-7.
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