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Suika Tenmangu Shrine
Suika Tenmangu in Kyoto enshrines Sugawara no Michizane and is associated with protection from flood and fire.
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Kyoto Tenmangu founded in 923 CE that enshrines Sugawara no Michizane and is associated with protection from flood and fire.
Description
Suika Tenmangu Shrine (Suika-tenmangu) stands in Ogimachi, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City, and enshrines Sugawara no Michizane (845-903). According to shrine tradition, Emperor Daigo ordered the priest Joi to enshrine Michizane's spirit at this site in 923 CE, making it one of the oldest Tenmangu in Kyoto and a predecessor to Kitano Tenmangu, which was founded in 947 CE. The shrine name "Suika" (water and fire) reflects its distinctive role as a protector against flood and fire damage, a function that distinguishes it within the Kyoto Tenmangu network. The shrine continues the medieval goryo belief that linked Michizane's posthumous spirit to relief from natural disasters.
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水火天満宮の名称・所在地・由緒を確認するための社寺・公的機関の公開資料。
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Institutional source水火天満宮（京都市上京区・水火両難解除の天神）の御祭神・由緒・所在地に関する公式情報。
http://suikatenmanguu.com/index.html水火天満宮 - Wikipedia 日本語版
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水火天満宮の名称・所在地・座標を確認するため、Wikidata item Q11548940 と日本語版 Wikipedia を参照。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B4%E7%81%AB%E5%A4%A9%E6%BA%80%E5%AE%AE
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