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.[1] | ||||||
Affiliation: Shinto | ||||||
Location: Kyōto-fuKyōto-shiKita-kuMurasakinoKitafunaoka-machi 49 | ||||||
Deity: Oda Nobunaga | ||||||
Date established: 1869 | ||||||