Back 鎮守の森 Japanese Chinju no Mori SIMPLE

Chinju no Mori

A forest of Shinto shrine surrounded by rice paddies (Hyōgo Prefecture Tamba Sasayama City, Kawakita, Kasuga Shrine). Similar landscapes are still widely found in rice-growing areas in Japan.

Chinju-no-mori (鎮守の森) are forests established and maintained in or around shrines (Chinjugami) in Japan, surrounding temples, Sando, and places of worship.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Kotera, Yasuhiro (2021-12-23). "Sacred Forests: The Ecological Power of Reverence". The Earth & I. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  2. ^ "ARC - Faiths and ecology - Shinto forestry". www.arcworld.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  3. ^ "Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細". 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  4. ^ "Chinju no Mori: The Guardian of the Forest Shrine". Wisata App. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  5. ^ "Chinju-no-Mori". www.gentleearth.org. Retrieved 2023-03-11.

Developed by StudentB