Yasui Shrine, Tenman-gū Shinto shrine in Tennoji ward, Osaka, Japan
Yasui Shrine is a Tenman-gū Shinto shrine in the Tennoji ward of Osaka, Japan. The grounds hold a main hall alongside smaller sub-shrines such as Inari Jinja and Kanayamabiko Jinja, all set among stone lanterns and wooden votive plaques.
The shrine has been linked to the worship of Sugawara no Michizane, a renowned Heian-era scholar and statesman, since 942. During the Siege of Osaka in 1615, general Sanada Yukimura was killed on the shrine grounds, and the site was later destroyed in the 1945 bombings before being rebuilt after the war.
Yasui Shrine belongs to the Tenman-gū group, which is connected to the worship of Tenjin, the god of learning and scholarship. Students visit regularly to pray before exams and leave wooden wishing plaques called ema tied near the altar.
The shrine is a short walk from Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Station, and the surrounding streets pass through a residential neighborhood with small shops. The grounds are flat and easy to walk through, so no special preparation is needed.
The shrine's name, Yasui, means peaceful rest in Japanese, a reference to Sugawara no Michizane sheltering here while waiting for favorable winds to sail to Kyushu. In the early 1600s, a merchant named Shimomura Hikoemon Shokei became a devoted worshipper, and the shrine was informally known as Daimaru Tenjin after his department store.
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