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.

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Generate an image of Sugawara no Michizane (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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Heian-period person ⓘ
Japanese statesman ⓘ
deified human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
associatedWith Dazaifu Tenmangū ⓘ
Kitano Tenmangū ⓘ
Tenmangū shrines ⓘ
linked to: Shinto shrines
birthPlace Heian-kyō ⓘ
linked to: Kyoto

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 ⓘ
kami of scholarship ⓘ
educatedIn Chinese classics ⓘ
era Heian period ⓘ
father Sugawara no Koreyoshi ⓘ
fieldOfWork Chinese literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
politics ⓘ
honorificName Tenjin ⓘ
Tenman Tenjin ⓘ
linked to: Tenman-gū no kami
knownFor Chinese-style poetry (kanshi) ⓘ
being deified as Tenjin ⓘ
loyalty to the emperor ⓘ
scholarship ⓘ
languageOfPoetry Classical Chinese ⓘ
Classical Japanese ⓘ
name Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
nativeName 菅原道真 ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
patronDeityOf education ⓘ
learning ⓘ
scholarship ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dazaifu ⓘ
placeOfExile Dazaifu ⓘ
positionHeld Minister of the Right ⓘ
court official ⓘ
scholar-official ⓘ
udaijin ⓘ
posthumousReputation protective deity of students ⓘ
vengeful spirit (onryō) ⓘ
veneratedIn Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ

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Heian period → significantPerson → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tenjin → basedOn → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Sugawara no Michizane → name → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Sugawara no Michizane → nativeName → 菅原道真 ⓘ
linked to: Sugawara no Michizane
Kitano Tenman Shrine → dedicatedTo → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
天神 → 同一視 → 菅原道真 ⓘ
linked to: Sugawara no Michizane
天神 → 関連する歴史人物 → 菅原道真 ⓘ
linked to: Sugawara no Michizane
天神 → 祭神として祀られる人物 → 菅原道真 ⓘ
linked to: Sugawara no Michizane
Tenjin Matsuri → honorsDeity → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Dazaifu Tenmangū → dedicatedTo → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Kitano Tenmangū → dedicatedTo → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Kitano Tenmangū → hasDeity → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Osaka Tenmangū → dedicatedTo → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Osaka Tenmangū → hasPrimaryKami → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tenman-gū no kami → deifiedFormOf → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tenman-gū no kami → basedOn → historical figure Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
linked to: Sugawara no Michizane
Sugawara clan → notableMember → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Sugawara no Koreyoshi → fatherOf → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Sugawara no Koreyoshi → notableRelative → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Domyoji Tenmangu → dedicatedTo → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Domyoji Tenmangu → enshrines → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Dazaifu → dedicatedFigureAtMainShrine → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry → hasMember → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tenjin shrine → dedicatedTo → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tenjin shrine → worships → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tenjin shrine → honorsAsKami → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tenjin shrine → TenjinIdentifiedWith → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tenjin shrine → hasDeifiedHuman → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Kitano Tenmangu Shrine → dedicatedTo → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Kitano Tenmangu Shrine → enshrines → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Rikutogyo land procession → associatedWithDeity → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tobiume Festival → honors → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tobiume Festival → dedicatedTo → scholar-deity Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
linked to: Sugawara no Michizane
Ume Matsuri → honorsDeity → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Ume Matsuri → associatedWith → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Baikasai → associatedDeity → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tenmangū shrine network → dedicatedTo → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tenmangū shrine network → veneratedDeity → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tenmangū shrine network → hasMainFestivalDeity → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Tenjin-sama → hasOrigin → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Hofu Tenmangu → dedicatedTo → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
subject linked to: Hofu
Yushima Tenmangu Shrine → dedicatedTo → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Yushima Tenmangu Shrine → rededicatedTo → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Hofutenmangu Shrine → dedicatedTo → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ
Hofutenmangu Shrine → worshippedDeity → Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ