is a
Shinto shrine
A is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more ''kami'', the deities of the Shinto religion.
Overview
Structurally, a Shinto shrine typically comprises several buildings.
The '' honden''Also called (本殿, meani ...
which enshrines
Sugawara no Michizane as
Tenjin. There are about 14,000 such shrines in Japan; famous examples include:
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Dazaifu Tenmangū
is a Shinto shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is built over the grave of Sugawara no Michizane (845–903) and is one of the main shrines dedicated to Tenjin, the deified form of Michizane.
Shrine legend
According to legend, Mi ...
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Dazaifu, Fukuoka) -- One of the Sōhonsha (head shrines) of Tenman-gū
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Kitano Tenmangū
is a Shinto shrine in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
History
The shrine was first built in 947 to appease the angry spirit of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political maneuvers of his enemi ...
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Kamigyo, Kyoto) -- Another Sōhonsha of Tenman-gū
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Nagaoka Tenmangū (
Nagaokakyo, Kyoto)
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Misode Tenmangū (
Onomichi, Hiroshima)
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Osaka Tenmangū
The is a Shinto shrine and one of Tenmangū founded in AD 949 in Osaka. The Tenjin Festival is held here annually from 24 July to 25 July.
Nearest stations
*Ōsakatemmangū Station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) JR Tōzai Line
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Kita-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Osaka in Japan.
Incidents and accidents
2021 Osaka building fire
Notable locations
Kita-ku, particularly the Umeda area surrounding Osaka Station, is one of the main commercial centers of Osaka. Kita-ku is also a fina ...
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Hōfu Tenmangū (
Hofu, Yamaguchi)
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Yabo Tenmangū (
Kunitachi, Tokyo
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is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 76,423 in 38,825 households, and a population density of 9,400 persons per km2. Approximately 41.9% of t ...
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Yamada Tenmangū,
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...
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Yushima Tenmangū (
Bunkyo, Tokyo)
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Kameido Tenjin Shrine (
Koto, Tokyo)
Dazaifu Tenman-gū and Kitano Tenmangū are often grouped together with another of these shrines and called the "Three Great Tenjin Shrines", but there is no generally accepted criterion for the selection of a third shrine.
References
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Shinto shrines in Japan
Tenjin faith