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Rh In 991 there were added the three following:—

In 994 there was added

The next to be added was

The number was finally raised to twenty-two in 1039 by the addition of

Proximity to the capital no doubt influenced this selection. Idzumo, Kashima, Katori, Usa, Suha, and other important shrines are omitted. All the principal deities, however, are included in this list.

At the present day there are 193,476 Shinto shrines in Japan. Of these the great majority are very small and have no priests or revenues. Capt Brinkley, in his 'Japan and China,' gives the following list of the ten most popular shrines in Japan at the present day : "Ise, Idzumo, Hachiman (Kyōto), Temmangū (Hakata), Inari (Kyoto), Kasuga (Nara), Atago (Kyōto), Kompira (Sanuki), Suitengū (Tōkyō), and Suwa (Shinano)."

Very many houses have their kamidana or domestic shrine, where the ujigami, the ancestor, and the trade-God, with any others whom there is some special reason for honouring, are worshipped.

Tori-wi.—The approach to a Shinto shrine is marked by one or more gateways or arches of the special form shown in the illustration (p. 233) and known as tori-wi. This