- Kumano Shrine
nihongo|Kumano Shrine|熊野神社 is
shinto shrine which enshrines the nihongo|Kumano Gongen|熊野権現 "kami". There are more than 3000 Kumano shrines in Japan, and each has received its kami from another shrine through a process of propagation called nihongo|"kanjō "|勧請. They include:
*Kumano Sanzan — Sōhonsha (the head shrine) of Kumano Shrines.
**Kumano Hayatama Taisha ,Wakayama Prefecture, Shingu city
**Kumano Hongu Taisha ,Wakayama Prefecture, Tanabe city
**Kumano Nachi Taisha ,Wakayama Prefecture, Nachikatsuura town
*Kumanotaisha Shrine (Yamagata) (Nanyo, Yamagata)
*Kumanotaisha Shrine (Shimane) (Matsue, Shimane)
*Kumano Kōdai Shrine (Karuizawa, Nagano)Bibliography
* D. Max Moerman, "Localizing Paradise: Kumano Pilgrimage and the Religious Landscape of Premodern Japan". Harvard University Press, 2004. ISBN 0674013956
* [http://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/sekaiisan/english/e-kumano_e.html Sacred site "Kumano Sanzan"] accessed on June 12, 2008
* Japanese Wikipedia article "熊野神社" accessed on June 12, 2008
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