Kenkun Shrine

Kenkun Shrine
The Kaguraden at Kenkun shrine
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Deity	Oda Nobunaga
Location
Location	Kyōto-fu Kyōto-shi Kita-ku Murasakino Kitafunaoka-machi 49
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates	35°2′19″N 135°44′35″E
Architecture
Founder	Emperor Meiji
Date established	1869
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

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

• List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto
• Four Symbols
  • Black Tortoise
• Oda Nobunaga

References

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.

External links

• Official website