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Sugawara no Michizane

Sugawara no Michizane

Poet and politician
Sugawara no Michizane was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian period of Japan. He is regarded as an excellent poet, particularly in waka and kanshi poetry, and is today revered in Shinto as the god of learning, Tenman-Tenjin. Wikipedia
Born: August 1, 845 AD
Died: March 26, 903 AD (age 57 years), Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan
Great-grandparent: Furuhito Sugawara