Tenmangū

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Dazaifu Tenman-gū, One of the head shrine of Tenman-gū.
Symbol of Tenman-gū, statue of a cow lying down. (Dazaifu Tenman-gū)

Tenmangū (天満宮) is a Shinto shrine which enshrines Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin. There are about 14,000 such shrines in Japan; famous examples include:

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ デジタル大辞泉プラス. "大生郷天満宮とは？ 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-27.

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