is a
Shinto shrine
A Stuart D. B. Picken, 1994. p. xxiii is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more kami, , the deities of the Shinto religion.
The Also called the . is where a shrine's patron is or are enshrined.Iwanami Japanese dic ...
which enshrines
Sugawara no Michizane
, or , was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian period of Japan. He is regarded as an excellent poet, particularly in '' waka'' and '' kanshi'' poetry, and is today revered in Shinto as the god of learning, . In the famed poem anthology ' ...
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, 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 (kami), Tenjin, the deified form of Michizane.
Shrine ...
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Dazaifu, Fukuoka
270px, Dazaifu Tenman-gū
is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Dazaifu" in . , the city had an estimated population of 71,505 in 33204 households, and a population density of 260 persons per km². ...
) -- 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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Nagaokakyo, Kyoto)
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Onomichi, Hiroshima
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
, the city had an estimated population of 129,314 in 64055 households and a population density of 450 people per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Onomichi is loca ...
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Osaka Tenmangū (
Kita-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Japan, wards of Osaka in Japan.
Incidents and accidents
* 1970 Tenroku gas explosion
* 2021 Osaka building fire
Notable locations
Kita-ku, particularly the Umeda area surrounding Osaka Station, is one of the main comm ...
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Hōfu Tenmangū (
Hofu, Yamaguchi)
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Yabo Tenmangū (
Kunitachi, Tokyo
is a city located in the western portion of the 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 the city population is over ...
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Yamada Tenmangū,
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...
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Yushima Tenmangū
is a Shinto shrine located in the Bunkyō ward of Tokyo, Japan.
Established in 458, it is now devoted to Tenjin, the kami of Learning. For this reason, it is also called Yushima Tenjin.
It is located very close to Ueno Park, and not far from ...
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Bunkyo, Tokyo)
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Kameido Tenjin Shrine
Kameido Tenjin Shrine is a Japanese Tenman-gu shrine located in Kameido, Koto Ward, Tokyo. The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, a 9th-century Japanese scholar.
Description
The Kameido shrine was built in honor of Sugawara no Mic ...
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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
Shinto shrines by tradition
Tenjin (kami)
{{Tenjin Faith