Kanazawa Shrine
石川県
Kaga's 11th lord's shrine of learning, home to the spring that named Kanazawa
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1794
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JR金沢駅からバスで約15分、兼六園下バス停徒歩すぐ
石川県金沢市兼六町1-3
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Overview
Kanazawa Shrine stands adjacent to Kenrokuen Garden and enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, the deity of learning, summoned in 1794 when Maeda Harukage, the 11th lord of the Kaga domain, founded the domain academy Meirinkan. Students visit in large numbers during exam season to pray for success, and the grounds fill with wooden votive plaques. Within the precincts flows a sacred spring called Kinjo R…
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Origins
The shrine originated in 1794 when the 11th Kaga domain lord Maeda Harukage invited the spirit of Sugawara no Michizane as the patron deity of learning upon opening the domain academy Meirinkan. After the Meiji Restoration, ancestral deities of the Maeda clan were also enshrined here, cementing its …
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Passing exams, scholarly achievement, calligraphy. Especially at Tenjin shrines honoring Sugawara no Michizane.
Derived from the enshrined deity "菅原道真・金城霊澤の神・前田家の祖神"
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