Kifune Shrine

The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.Breen, John et al. (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=MADlfH002mAC&q=oharano 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 including the Kifune Shrine.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, pp. 116-117.

From 1871 through 1946, the Kifune Shrine was officially designated one of the {{Nihongo||官幣中社|Modern system of ranked Shinto Shrines|Kanpei-chūsha}}, meaning that it stood in the second rank of government supported shrines.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126.

The shrine is also associated with the Ushi no toki mairi, the ritual of wearing candles on one's head and laying a curse at a shrine during the "hour of the Ox", since it is from the resident deity that Hashihime (Princess of the Uji Bridge) learns the prescribed ritual to turn herself into an oni demon to exact vengeance, the story of which is immortalized in the Noh play Kanawa ("The Iron Crown").{{Cite book|last=Wakita|first=Haruko|title=Women in medieval Japan: motherhood, household management and sexuality|publisher=Monash Asia Institute|year=2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MO-yAAAAIAAJ|page=30|isbn=4130270338}}

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• Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=MADlfH002mAC&q=nijunisha Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami.] Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8248-2363-4}}
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tjEvAAAAYAAJ&q=Studies+in+Shinto+and+Shrines Studies in Shinto and Shrines.] Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/3994492 OCLC 399449]
• ____________. (1959). [https://books.google.com/books?id=SLAeAAAAMAAJ&q=The+Imperial+House+of+Japan The Imperial House of Japan.] Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/194887 OCLC 194887]

• [http://kifunejinja.jp/ Official Site]
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