Sugawara Tenmangu (Higashiyodogawa-ku)

Sugawara Tenmangu enshrines Sugawara no Michizane and was founded when this area was opened up in the Kanei years, 1624 to 1644. It is handed down through the generations that in 901, when Michizane was exiled to Dazaifu and was travelling down the Yodo River by boat, the people of Futaeshinke village in Settsu province came out to meet him and he came ashore, and that they led cattle around to comfort him. The grounds are raised, on a small rise. Around the Tenpo years, 1830 to 1844, the intendant of the day, Chikuzan Zozaemon, issued an order forbidding damage to the embankment and had earth piled on the levee. A trace of this survives in the sand-carrying rite held on 25 October, in which kindergarten children pile purifying sand on carrying poles, climb the stone steps and bring the sand into the precincts. The precincts hold Edo period lanterns and water basins, and a camphor tree said to be about 500 years old stands out. The present hall was rebuilt in 1968.

Translated from the Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City tourist listings (観光施設一覧, CC BY 4.0).

Osaka Prefecture's list of designated cultural properties names this place as the owner of 1. Objects are not necessarily on view.

大阪府 文化財一覧 (CC BY 4.0), current at 2024-05-01. Joined by owner name; long names are shortened to the buildings or the object.