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Funabashi Tenjin
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Founded as guardian of Funabashi post town in the Edo period, a shrine of learning where plum blossoms recall Michizane's spirit
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1650
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Shrine
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7 min walk from JR Funabashi Station
4-chome Honcho, Funabashi, Chiba
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Shrine
Founded 1650
376 years
Enshrined Deity
菅原道真公
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Overview
A Tenmangu enshrined in Honcho, Funabashi, enshrining Sugawara no Michizane, the deity of learning. Founded in the Edo period as the guardian of Funabashi post town, it is popular with students as a shrine for academic achievement and exam success. Stone statues of cattle associated with Michizane are enshrined in the grounds, believed to grant wisdom when touched. Stone lanterns donated by Funaba…
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Origins
Funabashi Tenmangu is said to have been founded around 1650 (the 3rd year of Keian), during the Edo period. Funabashi flourished as a post town on the major highway connecting Edo and the Boso Peninsula, and the shrine was established as its guardian, enshrining Sugawara no Michizane, the deity of l…
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Divine Benefits
Academic Success
Performing Arts
Passing exams, scholarly achievement, calligraphy. Especially at Tenjin shrines honoring Sugawara no Michizane.
Derived from the enshrined deity "菅原道真公"

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Sugawara no Michizane
God of Learning & Minister of the Right
Age 805 at founding (posthumous)
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Funabashi Tenmangu enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, the god of learning, founded around 1650 as the guardian shrine of the Funabashi post town linking Edo and the Boso Peninsula. A plum garden recalling his famous farewell poem and an ox statue evoking his legend grace the precinct, honoring him as the local patron of scholarship to this day.
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