Kitano Tenman gu

Photographer: Tereasa
From: Kyoto- Hot in the City
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Kitano Tenman gu

A Shinto shrine in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, dedicated to Tenjin. It was built in 947, to appease the angry spirit of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane. In 986, he was deified and conferred the title of Tenjin (Heavenly Deity).