Tenman-gū

Dazaifu Tenman-gū, One of the head shrine of Tenman-gū.

Symbol of Tenman-gū, Statue of a cattle lying down. (Dazaifu Tenman-gū)

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 (head shrines) 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)

A group of three notable shrines has been called the Three Great Tenjin Shrines.

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Shinto shrines

Shinto architecture

Buildings	chōzuya or temizuya haiden heiden hokora honden / shinden / shōden kagura-den massha sessha

Architectonic elements	Chinjusha chigi hidden roof kaerumata: see nakazonae kairō karahafu karamon katōmado katsuogi ken kentozuka: see nakazonae kitsune (fox) komainu mon nakazonae sandō shōrō sōrin tamagaki tokyō torii tōrō

Styles	hirairi-zukuri tsumairi-zukuri gongen-zukuri hachiman-zukuri hiyoshi-zukuri irimoya-zukuri ishi-no-ma-zukuri kasuga-zukuri kibitsu-zukuri misedana-zukuri nagare-zukuri ōtori-zukuri owari-zukuri ryōnagare-zukuri shinmei-zukuri sumiyoshi-zukuri taisha-zukuri

Others

Implements	An ema gohei hakama jōe kamidana mikoshi ofuda omamori ōnusa saisen shaku shide shimenawa shintai tamagushi tamaya

Main kami	Amaterasu Hachiman Inari Ōkami Tenjin

Staff	kannushi miko

Head shrines¹	Fushimi Inari Taisha Usa Hachiman-gū Ise Grand Shrine Dazaifu Tenman-gū Munakata Taisha Suwa Taisha Hiyoshi Taisha Kumano Nachi Taisha Tsushima Shrine Yasaka Shrine

Miscellaneous	A-un Glossary of Shinto jingū-ji Jinja Honchō miyadera

¹ (in order of the size of the shrine network they head)

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