Nagatani Tenjin and Hidetoshi Suga

Nagatani Tenman-gu Shrine is known as the Tenjin of Nagatani, and is known as a shrine with one of the only three wooden statues, engraved by Michizane Sugawara, reflecting himself in a mirror and carved himself.

Michizane Sugawara was a person of the Heian era, but he was trusted by Emperor Daigo and opposed to Fujiwara, the ruler of time. .
It is said to be the god of learning because he was excellent in writing literature and sentences.

Michizane Sugawara had thirteen children, but the fifth child, Atsushige, received his father's talent and was called Hideshi Suga, and his father's Michizane was also highly anticipated, and the three statues of Michizane statues. I guess he would have passed the one gently. Along with his father Michizane, the children were also expelled from the capital to various places.
According to legend, Atsushige was moved to Nagatani Township.
There is no record that Hidetoshi Suga lived in Sagami, but it is reported that he lived at the foot of Tenjinyama in Kaminagaya, that is, around the current Sadashoin.

Atsushige stood at the top of Mt. Tenjin and gave a greeting in the morning and evening while wanting to be the father of Dazaifu, Michizane, far away.
Above the mountain, there is a brush that Atsushige used by Atsushige and a monument to Hidezuka Suga, which is said to have buried his hair.

Once upon a time, when cutting an old cedar tree on the mound was cut, it was reported that the villagers were injured or sick.
I don't know when Atsushi Sugawara was born and when he died. He was famous as a second-generation parent-child scholar, such as writing doctor and other important roles one after another.

The statue of Michizane was passed on to Uesugi Norikuni through many people from Atsushige, and in 1493 (1493) was built here and celebrated as a god. This is the current Nagatani Tenman-gu Shrine.

The two statues of Michizane are located at Anrakuji Temple in Fukuoka Prefecture, where Michizane's grave is located, and Domyoji Temple in Osaka Prefecture, where they were born.

This is a story recorded in "Hometown Konan's Old Story".
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