A Tenmangu shrine in Higashi, Okegawa, dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, patron of scholarship and academic achievement. Okegawa prospered as a Nakasendo post town, and this shrine has served as guardian of learning in this historically rich community. Plum trees associated with Michizane grace the grounds each early spring. During exam season the precinct fills with ema votive tablets from stud…
Okegawa Tenmangu is traditionally said to have been founded in 1680 (Enpō 8). The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, a celebrated scholar and statesman of the Heian period who, after being unjustly exiled to Dazaifu, passed away there in 903 and was subsequently enshrined as the deity of …
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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