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Kasuga Shrine
Kasuga Shrine

The Kasuga Shrine (Japanese: 春日大社, Kasuga-taisha) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. Established in 768 A.D., it is the shrine of the Fujiwara family. Kasuga Shrine Shinto Shrine Nara, Nara Nara prefecture Kansai Honshu Japan UNESCO World Heritage Site I took this photograph and contribute it to the public domain. ... Kasuga Shrine Shinto Shrine Nara, Nara Nara prefecture Kansai Honshu Japan UNESCO World Heritage Site I took this photograph and contribute it to the public domain. ... A Jinja (Japanese: 神社) is a Shinto shrine including its surrounding natural area but it is more common to refer to buildings as a jinja. ... This article is about the Japanese municipality system. ... Nara (Japanese: 奈良市, Nara-shi) is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan, near Kyoto. ... Nara Prefecture (奈良県; Nara-ken) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu Island, Japan. ... Events Charles (Charlemagne) and Carloman divide the Frankish kingdom after the death of their father Pippin the Short. ... The Fujiwara clan (藤原) was a clan of regents who monopolized the title of Sekkan, Sessho and Kampaku. ...


The architectural style Taisha-zukuri takes its name from the Kasuga Shrine.


The Kasuga Shrine is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nara. UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1945. ... World Heritage Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ...


There are also other places in Japan called Kasuga. See Kasuga Kasuga (春日市; -shi) is a city located in Fukuoka, Japan. ...


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Japanese Architecture: Kasuga shrine, Nara (204 words)
Kasuga Grand Shrine is a Shinto shrine that was built in 768 AD on a spot of land that had long considered hallowed by the gods.
The shrine was originally used only by members of the Fujiwara family and two of the four gods enshrined here are said to be the ancestral founders of the Fujiwara line.
Kasuga Daisha was originally owned and run by the monks at nearby Kofukuji.
Nara Travel: Kasuga Taisha (Kasuga Grand Shrine) (182 words)
Kasuga Taisha was also the tutelary shrine of the Fujiwara, Japan's most powerful family clan of most of the Nara and Heian Periods.
In case of the Kasuga Shrine, however, that Shinto custom was discontinued at the end of the Edo Period.
Kasuga Taisha is located in the far end of Nara Park, when approaching the park from the JR or Kintetsu Station.
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