A Tenjin shrine in Gifu Prefecture dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, the deified scholar and poet who became the patron deity of learning and literature. Like other Tenjin shrines throughout Japan, this shrine serves as a place where students and families pray for academic success and scholarly achievement.
- 宗派
- Tenjin
- 宗教
- shinto
- 祭神
- Sugawara no Michizane
- 祀られている神
- Sugawara no Michizane
- 座標
- 35.152554, 136.7160311
参拝のヒント
Visit during plum blossom season as Tenjin shrines traditionally plant plum trees in honor of Michizane's love for plum blossoms.
文化的背景
Tenjin shrines are particularly popular during exam seasons when students visit to pray for success in their studies. Sugawara no Michizane was a brilliant 9th-century court scholar who was posthumously deified after his political exile and death.