Shirakumo is a Shinto shrine located within Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, the green precinct surrounding the Kyoto Imperial Palace.

The shrine was founded in 1224 by Saionji Kintsune as the guardian shrine of the Saionji family, who served as the head family of traditional biwa (Japanese lute) music for centuries.

The deity enshrined here, Ichikishima-hime (known as Myōon Benzaiten), is revered specifically as a deity of music due to the Saionji family's prestigious status in traditional Japanese court music.

The shrine houses a wooden seated Benzaiten statue, the former principal object of worship at Saionji Myōondo, designated as an Important Cultural Property in 2002.