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人物神

Human Kami

Sacred Tokyo 40 Shinto Shrines

A Human Kam is a person who has been deified after death.

To once more quote the 17th century Nativist (Kokugaku lit. National Learning) scholar Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801):

"...any being whatsoever which possesses some eminent quality out of the ordinary, and is awe-inspiring, is called Kami.”

普通の外にいくつかの著名な品質を持っている、と畏敬の念を起こさせるあるいかなるビーイングは、カミと呼ばれています。

"Any being whatsoever" casts a very wide net, but the number of people who have been thus elevated is quite small. I am not sure what the exact number is. The Shinto Dai Jiten has no entries under the category:  on its Japanese Web site, Wikipedia gives a list of 304, the Japanese dictionary website Weblio lists 157. I have begun making a list of the Human Kami at the bottom of this page, but it will be a slow process. 

Perhaps the most well-known of the Human Kami are Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Oda Nobunaga, Shotoku Taishi, and Sugawara Michizane. While Sugawara is the least well known  as a historical personality he is the only one of the five to be worshipped at any of the largest shrine groupings.

 

Shrines described in this site where Human Kami are enshrined as the Main Kami. Note

that some Kami may be the main Kami at more than one shrine.

Goryo Jinja    Nara-ken, Nara-shi, Daianji-cho 128                   

Empress Kogo 井上皇后. Prince Osabe 他戸親王

Himeji Jinja                Hyogo-ken, Himeji-shi, Honmachi 83

Sakai Masachika  酒井正親命

Hirata Jinja                Tōkyō-to, Shibuya-ku Yoyogi 3-8-10

Hirata Atsutane 平田篤胤

Kanda Jinja                 Tōkyō-to,Chiyoda-ku 外神田2-16-2

Taira Masakado  平将門

Minatogawa Jinja   Hyogo-ken, Kobe-shi, Chuo-ku Tamondori 3-1−1 

Kusunoki Masashige  楠木正成

Ono Terusaki  Jinja Tōkyō-to, Taitō-ku, Shitaya 2-13-14

Onono Takamure    小野篁

Shōin Jinja             Tōkyō-to, Setagaya-ku, Wakabayashi 4-35-1

Yoshida Shōin  吉田松陰

Shiba Tōshō-gū:       Tōkyō-to, Minato-ku, Shibakōen4-8-10

​Tokugawa Ieyasu      徳川家康公

Tokiwa Jinja          Ibaraki-ken, Mito-shi, Tokiwa-cho 1-3-1

​Tokugawa Mitsukuni  徳川光圀

Yoroi Jinja    Tōkyō-to, Shinjuku-ku, Kita Shinjuku 3-16-18

Taira Masakado  平将門

Yushima Tenjin        Tōkyō-to, Bunkyō-ku, Yushima 3-30-1

Sugawara no Michizane 菅原道真

 

Human Kami and Jinja where they are enshrined  
Abe Seimei                 安倍晴明
Seimei Jinja    Kyoto-fu, Kyoto-shi, Kamigyo-ku, Seimei-cho 806
晴明神社     京都市, 京都府, 上京区晴明町806

Fujiwara Kagekiyo     藤原 景清 

Ikime Jinja    Miyazaki-ken, Miyazaki-shi Ikime 345 

生目神社       宮崎県宮崎市生目345

Honda Toshiaki            本多利明
Honda Jinja    Shiga-ken, Otsu-shi, Gotenhama  20-50
本多神社    滋賀県大津市御殿浜20-56

Kato Kiyomasa          加藤 清正

Kato Jinja Kumamoto-ken, Kumamoto-shi, Chuo-ku Honmaru 2-1

加藤神社   熊本県熊本市中央区本丸2-1

Kibi Makibi                    吉備 真備
Kibi Daijin-Gu    Okayama-ken, Ota-gun Yakage-cho 3864
吉備大臣宮       岡山県小田郡矢掛町東三成3864

Onono Michikaze/Tofu 小野 道風

Tofu Jinja  Kyoto-fu, Kyoto-shi,  Kita-ku, Sugisaka Tofu-cho

道風神社  京都府京都市北区杉阪道風町1

Sato Nobihiro                 佐藤 信淵
Iyataka Jinja    Akita-ken, Akita-shi,  Senshu Koen 1-16
彌高神社          秋田県秋田市千秋公園1-16
 

Fujiwara Daifujin                藤原大夫人      Nara-ken, Nara-shi, Daianji-cho 128    

Fujiwara Hirotsugu            藤原広嗣          Nara-ken, Nara-shi, Daianji-cho 128    

Honda Toshiaki                  本多利明

HoshinaMasayuki      保科正之 

Iida Shohaku      飯田正伯 

Kidotakayoshi Kidokoin    木戸孝允

Kikuchi Takemitsu               菊池武光

Kusunoki Masatsura           楠木正行

Kojima Takanori                  児島高徳 

Mamiya Rinzo                     間宮林蔵 

Motoori Norinaga               本居宣長         Motoori Norinaga-no-Miya   Mie-ken, Matsusaka-shi Tonomachi 1533−2    

                                                                        本居宣長ノ宮   三重県松阪市殿町1533−2

Nanbu Nobumasa              南部 信政        

Nomi Sukune                      野見宿禰

Nomura Kiyoshi                  野村靖  

Oominakuchi Tsukune      大水口宿禰 

Ozaka Yukio                         尾崎行雄

Sakai Masachika                  酒井正親

Shinagawa  Yajiro                品川弥二郎 

Sosuke Kun                          i宗助国

Tachibana Hayanari             橘逸勢            

Tsunenaga Shino                 恒良親王

Tsuzuki Toyo                         i続 豊治勢

Motoori
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