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| name = Kanō Tenmangu Shrine<br>加納天満宮
| image = kanōtenmangu.jpg
| caption = ''[[Heiden (Shinto)|Heiden]]'', or offering hall, at Kanō Tenman-gū
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| religious_affiliation = [[Shinto]]
| type = [[Tenman-gū]]
| deity = [[Tenjin (kami)|Tenjin]]
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| established = 1445
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| location = 4-1 Kanō Tenjin-machi, [[Gifu, Gifu|Gifu]]<br>[[Gifu Prefecture|Gifu]] [[〒]]500-8473
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{{nihongo|'''Kanō Tenman-gū'''|加納天満宮}} is a [[Shinto shrine]] located in the city of [[Gifu, Gifu|Gifu]], [[Gifu Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. It was built as the shrine to protect Izumii Castle (predecessor to [[Kanō Castle]]). As a Tenman-gū, it is dedicated to [[Tenjin (kami)|Tenjin]], the deified form of [[Sugawara no Michizane]]. Additionally, Matsudaira Mitsushige, who first created [[Gifu Umbrellas]], is also canonized on the shrine grounds. The shrine's festival is held on the third Saturday and Sunday of October each year.

==History==
In 1445, [[Saitō Toshinaga]] constructed Izumii Castle (泉井城 ''Izumii-jō'') and, at the same time, commissioned the construction of the Tenman-gū for the god that would protect the castle. (Other records indicate that the shrine was first constructed in 1350.) Even after Izumii Castle was abandoned in 1538, people were still being enshrined in the Tenman-gū after their deaths.

[[Okudaira Nobumasa]] built Kanō Castle in 1601 and moved the shrine to its current location and named it Kanō Tenman-gū.<ref name="map">''Gifu City Walking Map''. Gifu Lively City Public Corporation, 2007.</ref>

In 1810, nearly four centuries after its construction, the shrine's ''[[haiden (Shinto)|haiden]]'' (拝殿 ''prayer hall'') was rebuilt. This structure, however, was damaged on October 28, 1891 when the [[1891 Mino–Owari earthquake|Mino–Owari earthquake]] struck the area. The shrine was again damaged in 1945, during the [[firebombing]] of Gifu during [[World War II]]. Most of the shrines buildings were lost to fire, but the ''haiden'' remained.

An early reconstruction of the ''[[honden]]'', or main shine, took place in 1948, but it was again rebuilt in 2003. At the same time, the [[float (parade)|float]] carrying tradition that was stopped after World War II was brought back as part of the Kanō Tenman-gū Festival.

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