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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 菅原道真 | 1 |
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
ⓘ
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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
kami of scholarship ⓘ |
| educatedIn | Chinese classics ⓘ |
| era | Heian period ⓘ |
| father | Sugawara no Koreyoshi ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Chinese literature
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| honorificName |
Tenjin
NERFINISHED
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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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
菅原道真