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.
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)
Tenmangū
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Tenmangū is a Shinto shrine which enshrines Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin. There are about 14,000 such shrines in Japan; famous examples include:
Tenjin (kami)
…top three are rounded out by Egara Tenjin Shrine in Kamakura, but there are many other shrines dedicated to him across Japan. These shrines are called Tenman-gū (天満宮). A group of three notable shrines has been called the Three Great Tenjin Shrines. Sugawara no Michizane is associated with luck in exams…
Dazaifu Tenman-gū, One of the head shrine of Tenman-gū.
Symbol of Tenman-gū, statue of a cow lying down. (Dazaifu Tenman-gū)