Sugawara no Michizane

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Sugawara no Michizane ( , August 1, 845 – March 26, 903), also known as Kan Shojo ( ) or Kanke ( ), was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of Japan. He is regarded as an excellent poet, particularly in Chinese poetry, and is today revered as the god of learning, Tenman-Tenjin ( , often shortened to Tenjin ) .