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Tsutsujigaoka Tenmangu
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Relocated in 1667 by Date Tsunamura, featuring a Basho haiku monument and spring cherry blossoms
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1667
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Shrine
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3 min walk from Tsutsujigaoka Station
105-3 Tsutsujigaoka, Miyagino-ku, Sendai
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Shrine
Founded 1667
359 years
Enshrined Deity
菅原道真
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Overview
Tsutsujigaoka Tenmangu, enshrining Sugawara no Michizane, relocated to its current site in 1667 by the fourth Sendai lord Date Tsunamura. It features a haiku monument of Matsuo Basho, who visited during his Oku no Hosomichi journey. The adjacent park is a famed cherry blossom spot.
Origins
Tsutsujigaoka Tenmangu is traditionally said to have origins dating to the mid-Heian period, shortly after the death of Sugawara no Michizane, with a plum tree associated with Michizane enshrined as a sacred object. Its history through the medieval period remains largely unclear. In the early Edo pe…
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Academic Success
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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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Sugawara no Michizane
God of Learning & Minister of the Right
Age 822 at founding (posthumous)
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Tsutsujigaoka Tenmangu enshrines Sugawara no Michizane as its principal deity. According to tradition, the shrine was founded shortly after his death in 903 CE, with a plum tree associated with him as its sacred object. The veneration of Michizane as the god of learning spread even to this distant northeastern land, far from the Heian capital.
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