Tenmangu in Mitsukaido, Joso enshrines Sugawara Michizane and is worshipped by local students as a shrine of learning. Mitsukaido was known in the Edo period as a town active in commerce and education, fertile ground for Tenman worship to take root. The plum grove in the grounds is cherished as the flower associated with Michizane, with white and red plums blooming in early spring. In Mitsukaido w…
Mitsukaido Tenmangu is said to have been founded around 1400, during the Oei era, and enshrines Sugawara Michizane, the deity of learning. The Tenman faith, which adopted the plum—the flower Michizane cherished during his exile to Dazaifu—as its symbol, spread throughout the Kanto region during the …
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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