Sugawara no Michizane

Sugawara no Michizane by Kikuchi Yōsai

Sugawara no Michizane (菅原 道真/菅原 道眞, August 1, 845 – March 26, 903) 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).[1] Along with Taira no Masakado and Emperor Sutoku, he is often called one of the “Three Great Onryō of Japan.”.[2]

  1. ^ "菅原伝授手習鑑|文化デジタルライブラリー". Bunka Digital Library. Japan Arts Council. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  2. ^ 山田雄司 (2014). 妖怪とは何か 菅原道真・平将門・崇徳院 [What is a youkai? Sugawara no Michizane, Taira no Masakado, Sutokuin]. 中公新書. 中央公論新社. pp. i–iii頁. ISBN 978-4-12-102281-3.

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