During the anti-Buddhist movement of 1868 (神仏分離 'Shinbutsu Bunri') the shrine and temple were separated.

Kankikō-ji was moved to Higashiyama Gojō (東山五条), but its guardian Tenjin shrine remained and was renamed Nishiki Tenmangū (錦天満宮).

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