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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.




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.




See also


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




References






External links


Official website

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• Kenkun Shrine
• Black Turtle-Snake
• List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto
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• Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines
• Chinese culture
• Beppyo shrine
• Hisako Matsubara
• Oniiwa Park
• List of Japanese deities