Kandaijin Shrine is a Tenmangu shrine built on the site of the mansion said to be where Sugawara no Michizane was born, located in Sugadaijin-cho, Shimogyo-ku. The tradition that Michizane was given his first bath here makes it revered as the 'Birthplace of Kanko,' and an unending stream of students and literati come to pray to the god of learning and the arts. Plum trees are planted in the precin…
Kandaijin Shrine is a Tenmangu shrine established on a site closely associated with Sugawara no Michizane, the celebrated Heian-period scholar and statesman. Michizane was exiled to Dazaifu in 901 following accusations by Fujiwara no Tokihira, and died there in 903. The site is traditionally identif…
Passing exams, scholarly achievement, calligraphy. Especially at Tenjin shrines honoring Sugawara no Michizane.
Derived from the enshrined deity "菅原道真"
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