Dazaifu is famous for its Shinto shrine, Tenman-gū, built over the grave of Michizane, whose god-name is Tenman.
According to legend, he was a gifted student who composed many poems dedicated to his favourite plum trees but who got into trouble with a powerful local clan who exiled him to Kyushu. When he died, his body was buried near a Buddhist monastery and a shrine built to commemorate him. Every shrine has a gate in classic shape
often lined with a stone garden of lanterns,
before you reach the shrine itself.
The other thing for which Dazaifu is famous is as the site of Kyushu National Museum. It was the first new national museum in Japan in over 100 years when it opened in October 2005, and the first to focus on explaining history by reference to artefacts rather than seeing art for its own sake. It exhibits Japanese artifacts, particularly ceramics, related to the history of the island of Kyushu.
No comments:
Post a Comment