Yanokuchi Anazawa Tenjin-no-yashiro Shrine from "Guide to Famous Spots of Edo Vol.3"
Compiled by Saitō Chōshū, Painted by Hasegawa Settan 1834-1836 (Tempō 5 to Tempō 7) Kaga Collection 256

Anazawa Shrine is a shrine where the deity Sukunahikona-no-Ōkami is enshrined. It is said that Sugawara no Michizane was enshired together here when it's pavilion was repaired in 1694 (the seventh year of Genroku) and the shrine became Anazawa Tenjin-no-yashiro. In the precinct is a fudezuka (burial mound for treasured calligraphy brushes) built there to honor the achievements of Harada Kinryō who engaged in the study of calligraphy.


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