is a Shinto shrine located in Sakyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded in 859 by the Fujiwara clan.Kyoto University: "The Ancient Shrine Continues to Watch Over Kyoto University."
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. In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers were sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These heihaku were initially presented to 16 shrines;Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, pp. 116-117. and in 991, Emperor Ichijō added three more shrines to Murakami's list — including Yoshida.Ponsonby-Fane, Shrines, p. 118.
From 1871 through 1946, the Yoshida Shrine was officially designated one of the , meaning that it stood in the second rank of government supported shrines.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126. Yoshida Kanetomo, founder of Yoshida Shinto, is buried here.
See also List of Shinto shrines Twenty-Two Shrines Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines
Notes
References Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 399449 ____________. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887