Kunitama

Kunitama (国魂) is a type of kami or god who acts as a tutelary deity or guardian of a province of Japan or sometimes other areas in Shinto.[1][2]: 102 

The term is sometimes treated as a specific deity itself especially with Hokkaidō Shrine,[2]: 394  and other colonial shrines,[3]: 53–54 [3]: 217  a or as an epithet in the case of Okunitama Shrine[4] or a part of a deity's name in the case of Yamato Okunitama, whose name is also sometimes interpreted as an epithet.[5][2]: 22 

  1. ^ Nishioka, Kazuhiko. "Kunitama". Kokugakuin University Encyclopedia of Shinto.
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