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Sugawara no Michizane

845 - 903

Sugawara no Michizane

Sugawara no Michizane (菅原道真; Japanese pronunciation: [sɯ.ɡa.wa.ɾa no (|) mʲi.tɕiꜜ.(d)za.ne, sɯ.ŋa-], August 1, 845 – March 26, 903), or Kankō (菅公; [kaꜜŋ.koː], lit. 'Lord Sugawara'), 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 (天満天神; often shortened to Tenjin). In the famed poem anthology Hyakunin Isshu, he is known as Kanke (菅家), and in kabuki drama he is known as Kan Shōjō (菅丞相). Along with Taira no Masakado and Emperor Sutoku, he is often called one of the “Three Great Onryō of Japan.”. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sugawara no Michizane is the 1,130th most popular writer (down from 666th in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from Japan (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Sugawara no Michizane ranks 1,130 out of 7,302. Before him are Chinua Achebe, Jorge Semprún, Ahmad Khani, Ibn al-Jawzi, Will Durant, and Leonid Andreyev. After him are Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, Walter Lippmann, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Martin Andersen Nexø, Stobaeus, and Zhuanxu.

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Among people born in 845, Sugawara no Michizane ranks 2. Before him is Árpád. After him are Charles of Provence, Liutgard of Saxony, and Richilde of Provence. Among people deceased in 903, Sugawara no Michizane ranks 2. Before him is Pope Benedict IV. After him are Ahmad ibn Rustah, and Théodrate of Troyes.