Yabo Tenmangū

Yabo Tenmangū
谷保天満宮
Honden of Yabo Tenmangū
Yabo Tenmangū is located in Japan
Yabo Tenmangū
Location within Japan
Religion
AffiliationShinto
DeitySugawara no Michizane
Type
Shimmei Shrine
Location
Location5209 Yaho, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo
Coordinates35°40′48.6″N 139°26′37.2″E / 35.680167°N 139.443667°E / 35.680167; 139.443667
Architecture
Established903
Website
www.yabotenmangu.or.jp
Glossary of Shinto

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

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). 4 February 2017. 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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