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Kibitsuhiko jinja (吉備津彦神社), also known as Kibitsuhiko Shrine, is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Okayama, Okayama in the Chūgoku region of the island of Honshu.
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History
The shrine was built between 1390 and 1402.
Kitbitsuhiko jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Bizen Province. The enshrined kami is Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto (吉備津彦命), who was the son of Emperor Korei.
The shrine was one of 50 of the lowest ranked, nationally significant shrines (Kokuhei Shōsha (国幣小社)).
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Kibitsuhiko jinja Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA