is a Shinto shrine which enshrines Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin. There are about 14,000 such shrines in Japan; famous examples include:
- Dazaifu TenmangÃ
« (Dazaifu, Fukuoka) -- One of the SÃ
Âhonsha (head shrines) of Tenman-gÃ
«
- Kitano TenmangÃ
« (Kamigyo, Kyoto) -- Another SÃ
Âhonsha of Tenman-gÃ
«
- (Nagaokakyo, Kyoto)
- (Onomichi, Hiroshima)
- Osaka TenmangÃ
« (Kita-ku, Osaka)
- HÃ
Âfu TenmangÃ
« (Hofu, Yamaguchi)
- Yabo TenmangÃ
« (Kunitachi, Tokyo)
- Yamada TenmangÃ
«, Nagoya
- Yushima TenmangÃ
« (Bunkyo, Tokyo)
- Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Koto, Tokyo)
Dazaifu Tenman-gÃ
« and Kitano TenmangÃ
« are often grouped together with another of these shrines and called the "Three Great Tenjin Shrines", but there is no generally accepted criterion for the selection of a third shrine.
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