Satte Tenmangu, founded in the Joo era, enshrining Michizane as the guardian of learning on the Nikko Kaido
A Tenmangu shrine in Satte City enshrining Sugawara no Michizane, god of learning, and known for blessings of exam success and academic achievement. Satte flourished as a post town on the Nikko Kaido in the Edo period, and this shrine has protected the education of local children within that post-town culture. Famous for the cherry blossoms at Gongendo.
Satte Tenmangu is said to have been founded around 1652, during the Joo era of the early Edo period. The shrine enshrines Sugawara no Michizane (845–903), a renowned scholar and statesman of the Heian period who was unjustly exiled to Dazaifu and later venerated as a deity of learning throughout Jap…
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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