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 ...
in
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 ...
, Japan.
History
Located next to the
Kōshū Kaidō
The was one of the five routes or major highways of the Edo period. It was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Kai Province in modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The route continues from there to connect with the Nakasendō's Shi ...
highway, Yabo Tenman-gū claims to be the oldest Shinto shrine in the
Kantō region
The is a geography, geographical region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures of Japan, prefectures: Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, Gunma Prefe ...
dedicated to
Tenjin, the deified
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 ' ...
, having been built in 903 AD by Michizane's third son.
See also
*
Yushima Tenman-gū Yushima may refer to:
Places
* Yushima Seidō
, is a Confucian temple () in Yushima, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was established in end of the 17th century during the Genroku era of the Edo period. Towards the late Edo period, one of the mo ...
*
Tenjin Matsuri
is a festival held throughout Japan around the 25th of the month every year at ''Tenmangū'' shrines, the months varying depending on the location of the shrine. The festival commemorates the death anniversary of the deity Sugawara no Michizane, ...
References
External links
Yabo Tenman-gū*
903 establishments
Shinto shrines in Tokyo
Kunitachi, Tokyo
10th-century establishments in Japan
Sugawara no Michizane
Tenjin (kami)
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