Sacred place
Sugawara-in Tenmangu Shrine
Sugawara-in Tenmangu in Kyoto enshrines Sugawara no Michizane at the site traditionally identified as his birthplace.
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Kyoto shrine on the Sugawara family residence site, enshrining Michizane and traditionally identified as his birthplace.
Description
Sugawara-in Tenmangu Shrine (Sugawara-in Tenmangu-jinja) stands on Karasuma-dori in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City, on land traditionally identified as the Sugawara family residence "Sugawara-in" used by Michizane's grandfather Kiyokimi, father Koreyoshi, and Michizane himself. It enshrines Sugawara no Michizane (845-903) together with his father and grandfather. According to shrine tradition, after Michizane's death in 903 CE his spirit was enshrined at the former family residence, preceding the founding of Kitano Tenmangu in 947 CE. A well believed to have been used for Michizane's ubuyu (first bath) survives in the precincts, identifying the site with the birth narrative recorded in medieval Tenjin literature. The shrine continues as a Jinja Honcho registered shrine within Kyoto's historic Tenjin network.
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菅原院天満宮神社 由緒・所在地資料
Institutional source各社寺・公的機関
菅原院天満宮神社の名称・所在地・由緒を確認するための社寺・公的機関の公開資料。
菅原院天満宮神社 公式サイト
Institutional source菅原院天満宮神社（京都府上京区・菅原道真公生誕地と伝わる）の御祭神・由緒・所在地に関する公式情報。
http://sugawarain.jp/菅原院天満宮神社 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
菅原院天満宮神社の名称・所在地・座標を確認するため、Wikidata item Q17218751 と日本語版 Wikipedia を参照。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%85%E5%8E%9F%E9%99%A2%E5%A4%A9%E6%BA%80%E5%AE%AE%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE
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