A shrine of scholarship and the performing arts. There is a story that the actor Atsumi Kiyoshi visited here to pray before landing the role of 'Tora-san.' Enshrining Ono no Takamura, it draws many worshippers seeking academic achievement and improvement in arts, hoping to share in the talents of the celebrated poet-scholar. The grounds contain 'Shitaya Sakamoto Fuji,' a Mt. Fuji mound designated …
According to tradition, Onoterusaki Shrine was founded in 852 (Enju 2) to enshrine Ono no Takamura, a celebrated poet and court official of the Heian period, at its present location in the Shitaya district of what is now Taito Ward, Tokyo. Throughout the medieval period, the shrine served as the tut…
Passing exams, scholarly achievement, calligraphy. Especially at Tenjin shrines honoring Sugawara no Michizane.
Derived from the enshrined deity "小野篁・菅原道真"
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