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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.
 
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.
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It was built in [[1794]], in conjunction with the [[Meirindo|Meirindō]] (''[[han]]'' school), and watches over the ''kinjō reitaku'', the well where gold was found centuries ago by someone named Imohori Tôgorô, giving the area its name, "Kanazawa," meaning literally "gold marsh."  
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It was built in [[1794]], in conjunction with the [[Meirindo (Kaga)|Meirindō]] (''[[han]]'' school), and watches over the ''kinjō reitaku'', the well where gold was found centuries ago by someone named Imohori Tôgorô, giving the area its name, "Kanazawa," meaning literally "gold marsh."  
    
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