Engishiki Jinmyocho

The text from Volume 9 of the "Engishiki" can be found in the Complete Works of Japanese Classics.

The Engishiki Jinmyocho is a historical list of Shinto shrines.

It was written in the Heian period and is the source of the designation of shrines as Myojin Taisha.

It is a section of the Engishiki

Shrine categorizations

Many categorizations of shrines come from this book:

• Kokushi genzaisha ones in the Rikkokushi but not the Engishiki
• Myojin Taisha ones listed as especially significant
• Shikinai Taisha another class
• Shikigeisha ones that were ignored by both the Engishiki Jinmyocho and the Rikkokushi

Related pages

• Meishin Taisha Shrine
• Beppyo Shrine
• modern shrine ranking system
• Twenty-two companies
• Chokusaisha