Tsudo Tenmangu in Shinotsuka, Fujioka, enshrines Sugawara no Michizane and is revered by local exam students as a god of learning. Transferred from Kitano Tenmangu in Kyoto during the Edo period according to tradition, it was the guardian deity of terakoya education. A stone ox statue associated with Michizane stands on the grounds, with the belief that rubbing it bestows wisdom. From February to …

Tsudo Tenmangu is traditionally said to have been established around the Genroku era (1688–1704), with its founding dated to approximately the year 1700, when the enshrined deity was transferred from Kitano Tenmangu in Kyoto. The principal deity is Sugawara no Michizane, venerated as the god of lear…