Kitano Tenman-gū
Kitano Tenman-gū (北野天満宮), also called Kitano Tenjin-jinja and Kitano Temmangū, is a Shinto shrine in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.[1]
History
The shrine was built in 947, to appease the angry spirit of Sugawara no Michizane.[2] He had been wrongly sent into exile.[3]
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.[4]
The current buildings date from the early 17th century.[5]
Timeline
- 965 (Kōhō 2): Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers be sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These messenger, called heihaku, were initially presented to 16 shrines;[6]
- 986 (Kanna 2): Michizane was given the posthumous title of Tenjin (Heavenly Deity)
- 991 (Shōryaku 2): Emperor Ichijō added three more shrines to Murakami's list — including Kitano.[7]
- 1444 (Bun'an 1, 4th month): Kitano Tenman-gū and much of western Kyoto was destroyed by fire.[8]
From 1871 through 1946, the Kitano Tenman-gū was officially designated one of the Kanpei-chūsha (官幣中社), meaning that it stood in the second rank of government supported shrines.[9]
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kitano Tenjin-jinja" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 531; Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1964) Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan, pp. 194-220.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Sugawara no Michizane," p. 908.
- ↑ Smith, Roberta. "Unfurling a Thousand Years of Gods, Demons and Romance," New York Times. December 1, 2011; retreieved 2012-1-3.
- ↑ Breen, John. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.
- ↑ Nussbaum, p. 531.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, pp. 116-117.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Studies in Shrines, p. 118.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 343.
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126.
Other websites
Media related to Kitano Tenman-gū at Wikimedia Commons
- Kitano Tenman-gū Official web page Archived 2015-08-26 at the Wayback Machine (In English)
- Kyoto Shimbun: Open-Air Tea Ceremony... Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in English)