- Kanō Tenman-gū
Infobox Shinto shrine
name = Kanō Tenmangu Shrine
加納天満宮
width = 250
caption = "Heiden", or offering hall, at Kanō Tenman-gū
type =Tenman-gū
dedication = Tenjin
founded =1445
closed =
founder =
priest =
address = 4-1 Kanō Tenjin-machi, Gifu
Gifu〒 500-8473
phone = (058) 271-0706
website =nihongo|Kanō Tenman-gū|加納天満宮 is a
Shinto shrine located in the city of Gifu,Gifu Prefecture ,Japan . It was built as the shrine to protect Izumii Castle (predecessor toKanō Castle ). As a Tenman-gū, it is dedicated to Tenjin, the deified form ofSugawara no Michizane . Additionally,Matsudaira Mitsushige , who first createdGifu Umbrellas , is also canonized on the shrine grounds. The shrine's festival is held on the third Saturday and Sunday of October each year.History
In
1445 ,Saitō Toshinaga constructed Izumii Castle (泉井城 "Izumii-jō") and, at the same time, commissioned the construction of the Tenman-gū for the god that would protect the castle. (Other records indicate that the shrine was first constructed in1350 .) Even after Izumii Castle was abandoned in1538 , people were still being enshrined in the Tenman-gū after their deaths.Okudaira Nobumasa built Kanō Castle in1601 and moved the shrine to its current location and named it Kanō Tenman-gū. "Gifu City Walking Map". Gifu Lively City Public Corporation, 2007.]In 1810, nearly four centuries after its construction, the shrine's "haiden" (拝殿 "main prayer hall") was rebuilt. This structure, however, was damaged on
October 28 ,1891 when the Mino-Owari Earthquake struck the area. The shrine was again damaged in1945 , during the fire bombing of Gifu duringWorld War II . Most of the shrines buildings were lost to fire, but the "haiden" remained.An early reconstruction of the "
honden ", or main shine, took place in1948 , but it was again rebuilt in2003 . At the same time, the float carrying tradition that was stopped after WWII was brought back as part of the Kanō Tenman-gū Festival.References
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