Three Great Tenjin Shrines

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The Three Great Tenjin Shrines (日本三大天神) are a group of three Shinto shrines dedicated to Tenjin, the deified form of the scholar-courtier Sugawara no Michizane. They are traditionally enumerated as:

• Dazaifu Tenman-gū, Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture
• Hōfu Tenman-gū, Yamaguchi Prefecture
• Kitano Tenman-gū, Kyoto

A number of similar local groupings of shrines exist, including the Kantō Three Great Tenjin (関東三大天神), Machida Three Tenjin (町田三天神), Nagoya Three Great Tenjin (名古屋三大天神), Fukushima Three Tenjin (福島三天神), etc.

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