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[[Image:Kanazawashrine.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Kanazawa Shrine.]]
*''Established: [[1794]]''
*''Japanese'': 金沢神社 ''(Kanazawa jinja)''
Kanazawa Shrine is a shrine located on the edges of [[Kenrokuen]] in [[Kanazawa]], and built by the 11th [[Maeda clan|Maeda]] lord of [[Kaga han|Kaga]], [[Maeda Harunaga]], and dedicated to [[Sugawara no Michizane]] (aka [[Tenjin]], ''[[kami]]'' of scholarship), who the Maeda claimed as an ancestor, along with ''kami'' of protection from disaster and safe travels.
It was built in [[1794]], in conjunction with the [[Meirindo|Meirindō]] (''[[han]]'' school), and watches over the [[kinjoreitaku|Kinjōreitaku]], the well where gold was found centuries ago, giving the area its name, "Kanazawa," meaning literally "gold marsh."
==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Established: [[1794]]''
*''Japanese'': 金沢神社 ''(Kanazawa jinja)''
Kanazawa Shrine is a shrine located on the edges of [[Kenrokuen]] in [[Kanazawa]], and built by the 11th [[Maeda clan|Maeda]] lord of [[Kaga han|Kaga]], [[Maeda Harunaga]], and dedicated to [[Sugawara no Michizane]] (aka [[Tenjin]], ''[[kami]]'' of scholarship), who the Maeda claimed as an ancestor, along with ''kami'' of protection from disaster and safe travels.
It was built in [[1794]], in conjunction with the [[Meirindo|Meirindō]] (''[[han]]'' school), and watches over the [[kinjoreitaku|Kinjōreitaku]], the well where gold was found centuries ago, giving the area its name, "Kanazawa," meaning literally "gold marsh."
==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Shrines]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]