Kitano Tenman-gū

, also called Kitano Tenjin-jinja and Kitano Temmangū, is a Shinto shrine in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kitano Tenjin-jinja" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 531; Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1964)  Visiting Famous Shrines in Japan, pp. 194-220.  

History
The shrine was built in 947, to appease the angry spirit of Sugawara no Michizane.Nussbaum, "Sugawara no Michizane," p. 908.  He had been wrongly sent into exile.Smith, Roberta.  "Unfurling a Thousand Years of Gods, Demons and Romance," New York Times. December 1, 2011; retreieved 2012-1-3.

The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period.Breen, John. (2000).  Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, pp. 74-75.  

The current buildings date from the early 17th century.Nussbaum, p. 531. 

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;Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962).  Studies in Shinto and Shrines,  pp. 116-117. 
 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.Ponsonby-Fane, Studies in Shrines,  p. 118.
 1444 (Bun'an 1, 4th month): Kitano Tenman-gū and much of western Kyoto was destroyed by fire.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).  Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 343.

From 1871 through 1946, the Kitano Tenman-gū was officially designated one of the , meaning that it stood in the second rank of government supported shrines.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, pp. 126.

 References 

 Other websites 

 Kitano Tenman-gū Official web page  (In English)
 Kyoto Shimbun: Open-Air Tea Ceremony...  (in English)

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