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ID: 7059168
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7059168
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Itsukushima Jinja (shrine)  Itsukushima Jinja (shrine)

Coordinates:
Lat: 34 17 40 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 34.2940  decimal degrees
Long: 132 19 29 E  degrees minutes   Long: 132.3210  decimal degrees

Note: Shinto shrine established in the late 6th century; complex largely rebuilt ca. 1168 with funding from the family of Taira no Kiyomori; destroyed by fire twice in the early 13th century and reconstructed in 1241; honden structure rebuilt after war in 1569; named UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

Names:
Itsukushima Jinja (preferred,C,V,LC,O)
Itsukushima Shrine (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Japan (nation)  ........  Japan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Hiroshima (prefecture)  ............  Hiroshima (prefecture) (P)
Hierarchy of Itsukushima Jinja (shrine)  ................  Itsukushima Jinja (shrine) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Japan (nation)  ........  Japan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Hiroshima (prefecture)  ............  Hiroshima (prefecture) (P)
Hierarchy of Itsuku-shima (island)  ................  Itsuku-shima (island) (P)
Hierarchy of Itsukushima Jinja (shrine)  ....................  Itsukushima Jinja (shrine) (P)

Place Types:
shrine (preferred, C)  ............  established by late 6th century
World Heritage Site (C)  ............  since 1996

Sources and Contributors:
Itsukushima Jinja..........  [VP Preferred]
................................  Library of Congress Name Authority File 88239813, accessed 22 July 2010
Itsukushima Shrine..........  [VP]
...................................  Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 22 July 2010
...................................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 22 July 2010
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 22 July 2010
..................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 22 July 2010
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 22 July 2010
..........  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 22 July 2010

 

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