Yabo Tenmangū

Yabo Tenman-gū (谷保天満宮) is a Shinto shrine in Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan.[1]

Yabo Tenmangū
谷保天満宮
Honden of Yabo Tenmangū
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeitySugawara no Michizane
TypeShimmei Shrine
Location
Location5209 Yaho, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo
Yabo Tenmangū is located in Japan
Yabo Tenmangū
Shown within Japan
Geographic coordinates35°40′48.6″N 139°26′37.2″E
Architecture
Date established903
Website
www.yabotenmangu.or.jp
Glossary of Shinto

History

Located next to the Kōshū Kaidō highway, Yabo Tenman-gū claims to be the oldest Shinto shrine in the Kantō region dedicated to Tenjin, the deified Sugawara no Michizane, having been built in 903 AD by Michizane's third son.[2]

See also

References

  1. "谷保天満宮【谷保天神】 - 東京都神社庁". www.tokyo-jinjacho.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  2. 三橋健 (2011-01-20). 決定版知れば知るほど面白い! 神道の本 (in Japanese). 西東社. p. 179. ISBN 978-4-7916-1816-3.
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