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. History The shrine was built in 947, to appease the angry spirit of Sugawara no Michizane. He had been wrongly sent into exile. The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period. The current buildings date from the early 17th century. 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; 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. 1444 (Bun'an 1, 4th month): Kitano Tenman-gū and much of western Kyoto was destroyed by fire. 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. References 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)