A Tenjinja in Mizonokuchi, Takatsu Ward, Kawasaki, enshrining Sugawara no Michizane as a deity of learning and the arts.
Sugawara no Michizane (845-903) was a Heian-period nobleman and scholar who rose to the position of Minister of the Right but was exiled to Dazaifu by the machinations of the Fujiwara clan, where he died.
The disasters that followed his death were attributed to his vengeful spir…
Tenjinja (Mizonokuchi) is traditionally said to have been founded around 1400, during the Muromachi period. The enshrined deity is Sugawara no Michizane (845–903), a nobleman and scholar of the Heian period who rose to Minister of the Right before being exiled to Dazaifu by the Fujiwara clan, where …
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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