Omamori
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Omamori are Japanese amulets commonly sold at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, dedicated to particular Shinto kami as well as Buddhist figures and are said to provide various forms of luck and pro
A study-dedicated omamori. The logo above denotes a Shinto shrine dedicated to the kami Tenjin.
An omamori from a shrine in Kumamoto. This item claims to "grant protection" to the user. The logo above denotes the shrine Fujisaki Hachimangū.
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Tenjin (kami)
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In the Shinto religion of Japan, Tenjin, also called Tenman Daijizai Tenjin, is the patron kami of academics, scholarship, of learning, and of the intelligentsia.
Omamori
…A study-dedicated omamori. The logo above denotes a Shinto shrine dedicated to the kami Tenjin. Omamori (御守/お守り) are Japanese amulets commonly sold at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, dedicated to particular Shinto kami as well as Buddhist…
Ukiyo-e by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi depicting Sugawara no Michizane as the Tenjin (kami of thunder). After Sugawara no Michizane's death, lightning struck the palace, killing and injuring many of the powerful people involved in his banishment, and Sugawara no Michizane was enshrined in the Tenmangū (Shinto shrines) as the Tenjin.
Painting by Kobayashi Eitaku depicting Sugawara no Michizane reborn as the Tenjin
The ume tree that in legend flew to Kyushu to be with Sugawara no Michizane
Lying Cow at Tenmangu Shrine (Suma Tsunashiki Tenmangu Shrine, Kobe City)