Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Tenjin

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Tenjin

天神天神様
alternative words: Tenjinsama, Tenjin-sama, Tenjin sama
keywords: god
related topics: Heian period , Dazaifu
related web sites: http://www.kitanotenmangu.or.jp , http://www.dazaifutenmangu.or.jp
explanation: After a high ranked politician of Heian period, Sugawara no Michizane, had been forced to exile to Dazaifu in Kyushu due to a false accusation and died there in 803, many natural calamities occurred in Kyoto. People, being afraid of his angry spirit, built a shrine at Kitano in Kyoto (Kitano Tenmangu shrine) to enshrine him as Tenjin (Heavenly god). Maichizane being also a well known scholar, Tenzin became a god of school and studies, and there exist 5000 child shrines of Tenmangu.