Sugawara no Michizane
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Sugawara no Michizane was a renowned Heian-period scholar, poet, and statesman who was later deified in Japan as Tenjin, the patron kami of learning and scholarship.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sugawara no Michizane canonical | 17 |
| 菅原道真 | 4 |
| historical figure Sugawara no Michizane | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T682779 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Sugawara no Michizane Context triple: [Heian period, significantPerson, Sugawara no Michizane]
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A.
Nakae Chōmin
Nakae Chōmin was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese political thinker, journalist, and translator who helped introduce Western liberal ideas to Japan and became a leading advocate for democracy and civil rights.
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B.
Fujiwara no Yorimichi
Fujiwara no Yorimichi was a powerful 11th-century Japanese court noble and regent who dominated Heian-period politics and famously sponsored the construction of the Byōdō-in temple at Uji.
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C.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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D.
Isogai Rensuke
Isogai Rensuke was an Imperial Japanese Army general who commanded forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including at major engagements such as the Battle of Taierzhuang.
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E.
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was a prominent Japanese naval officer and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan in the early 20th century and played a key role in modernizing the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sugawara no Michizane Target entity description: Sugawara no Michizane was a renowned Heian-period scholar, poet, and statesman who was later deified in Japan as Tenjin, the patron kami of learning and scholarship.
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A.
Nakae Chōmin
Nakae Chōmin was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese political thinker, journalist, and translator who helped introduce Western liberal ideas to Japan and became a leading advocate for democracy and civil rights.
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B.
Fujiwara no Yorimichi
Fujiwara no Yorimichi was a powerful 11th-century Japanese court noble and regent who dominated Heian-period politics and famously sponsored the construction of the Byōdō-in temple at Uji.
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C.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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D.
Isogai Rensuke
Isogai Rensuke was an Imperial Japanese Army general who commanded forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including at major engagements such as the Battle of Taierzhuang.
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E.
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was a prominent Japanese naval officer and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan in the early 20th century and played a key role in modernizing the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Heian-period person
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Japanese statesman ⓘ deified human ⓘ poet ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dazaifu Tenmangū
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Kitano Tenmangū ⓘ Shinto shrines ⓘ
surface form:
Tenmangū shrines
|
| birthPlace |
Kyoto
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surface form:
Heian-kyō
Kyoto ⓘ |
| birthYear | 845 ⓘ |
| causeOfPoliticalDownfall | rivalry with the Fujiwara clan ⓘ |
| clan | Sugawara clan ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | entrance exam prayers at Tenmangū shrines ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathYear | 903 ⓘ |
| deifiedAs |
Tenjin
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kami of scholarship ⓘ |
| educatedIn | Chinese classics ⓘ |
| era | Heian period ⓘ |
| father | Sugawara no Koreyoshi ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Chinese literature
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poetry ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| honorificName |
Tenjin
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Tenman-gū no kami ⓘ
surface form:
Tenman Tenjin
|
| knownFor |
Chinese-style poetry (kanshi)
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being deified as Tenjin ⓘ loyalty to the emperor ⓘ scholarship ⓘ |
| languageOfPoetry |
Classical Chinese
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Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Sugawara no Michizane self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Sugawara no Michizane
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
菅原道真
|
| occupation |
poet
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scholar ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| patronDeityOf |
education
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learning ⓘ scholarship ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Dazaifu ⓘ |
| placeOfExile | Dazaifu ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of the Right
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court official ⓘ scholar-official ⓘ udaijin ⓘ |
| posthumousReputation |
protective deity of students
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vengeful spirit (onryō) ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Japanese Buddhism
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Shinto ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Sugawara no Michizane Description of subject: Sugawara no Michizane was a renowned Heian-period scholar, poet, and statesman who was later deified in Japan as Tenjin, the patron kami of learning and scholarship.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.