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(詳細はShinto sanctuary on the banks of the Kamo River in north Kyoto, first founded in 678.〔Kyoto Prefectural Government Tourism Division: ( Kamigamo; ) Iwao, Seiichi ''et al.'' (2002). ( ''Dictionnaire historique du Japon,'' p. 1712. )〕 Its formal name is the .〔Richard, Ponsonby-Fane. (1964) '' Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan,'' pp. 119-175.〕 It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which have been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The term Kamo-''jinja'' in Japanese is a general reference to Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine, the traditionally linked Kamo shrines of Kyoto.〔Terry, Philip. (1914). ( ''Terry's Japanese empire'', p. 479. )〕 The Kamo''-jinja'' serve the function of protecting Kyoto from malign influences.〔Miyazaki, Makoto. ("Lens on Japan: Defending Heiankyo from Demons," ) ''Daily Yomiuri.'' December 20, 2005.〕 The ''jinja'' name identifies the Kamo family of ''kami'' or deities who are venerated. The name also refers to the ambit of shrine's nearby woods, which are vestiges of the primeval forest of Tadasu no Mori. In addition, the shrine name references the area's early inhabitants, the Kamo clan, many of whom continue to live near the shrine their ancestors traditionally served.〔Nelson, John K. (2000). ( ''Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan,'' pp. 92-99. )〕 Kamogamo Shrine is dedicated to the veneration of Kamo Wake-ikazuchi, the ''kami'' of thunder. ==History== The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.〔Breen, John ''et al.'' (2000). ( ''Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami,'' pp. 74-75. )〕 Records from the reign of Emperor Heizei (806-809) mention that ''Kamo-mioya jinja'' was amongst a select number of establishments which had been granted a divine seal for use on documents. The seal would have been enshrined in its own unique ''mikoshi'' (''Oshite jinja''). This granting of a special seal and the practices associated with its use and preservation conformed to a pattern established by Emperor Konin (770-781) in 778 (''Hōki 9'').〔Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1963). ''The Vicissitudes of Shinto,'' p. 206.〕 In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers were sent to report important events to Japan's guardian ''kami'', including Kamo Wake-ikazuchi.〔Ponsonby-Fane. ''Studies in Shinto and Shrines,'' pp. 116-117.〕 Kamigamo, along with the Shimogamo Shrine, was designated as one of two chief Shinto shrines (''ichinomiya'') for the former Yamashiro province.〔("Nationwide List of ''Ichinomiya''," p. 1. ); retrieved 2011-08-010〕 From 1871 through 1946, Kamigamo was officially designated one of the , meaning that it stood in the first rank of government supported shrines.〔Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' pp. 124.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kamigamo Shrine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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