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Built over the grave of Sugawara no Michizane. Demoted from the capital, he died two years later. Disasters followed in Kyoto, and quieting his spirit was where Tenjin belief began. He became the god of learning because he had been a scholar. A faith that started in fear became, over a thousand years, the shrine of examination candidates.
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Dazaifu Tenman-gū (太宰府天満宮) is a Shinto shrine in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is built over the grave of Sugawara no Michizane (845–903) and is one of the main shrines dedicated to Tenjin, the deified form of Michizane.
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Founded：919 Shrine rank：One of Japan's Three Great Tenjin Shrines Designation：Important Cultural Property Lineage：Tenmangu (about 12,000 shrines; one of the two head shrines together with Kitano) Blessings：Learning, Warding off evil
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