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title: Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha
author: わたり鳥
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6499/fujisan-hongu-sengen-taisha/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha

_Authored by わたり鳥_

## Image File

[![Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6499.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6499.jpg)

## Image Caption

The [Shinto](https://www.worldhistory.org/Shinto/) shrine of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha, [Mount Fuji](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mount_Fuji/). The site's most important shrine, it was first constructed in 806 CE, although by tradition, it was originally founded during the reign of Emperor Suinin (29 BCE - 70 CE) at another location at the foot of the mountain. The shrine's current building, with its unusual two storeys, dates to 1604 CE

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