Tenmangū

Symbol of Tenman-gū, Statue of a cow lying

Tenman-gū (天満宮) is a shinto shrine which enshrines Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin. There are about 14 thousand Tenman-gū in Japan. Famous Tenman-gū are as follows.

• Dazaifu Tenman-gū (Dazaifu, Fukuoka) -- One of the Sōhonsha (the head shrine) of Tenman-gū.
• Kitano Tenman-gū (Kamigyo, Kyoto) -- Another Sōhonsha of Tenman-gū.
• Nagaoka Tenman-gū (Nagaokakyo, Kyoto)
• Misode Tenman-gū (Onomichi, Hiroshima)
• Ōsaka Tenman-gū (Kita-ku, Osaka)
• Hōfu Tenman-gū (Hofu, Yamaguchi)
• Yaho Tenman-gū (Kunitachi, Tokyo)
• Yamada Tenman-gū, Nagoya
• Yushima Tenman-gū (Bunkyo, Tokyo)
• Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Koto, Tokyo)

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