Sugawara no Michizane by Kikuchi Yosai

Kanke (also known as Sugawara no Michizane, from Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

Sugawara no Michizane (菅原道真 845 - March 26, 903), also known as Kan Shōjō (菅丞相), was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of Japan. He is regarded as an excellent poet, particularly in Chinese poetry. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (970x1384, 454 KB) Sugawara no Michizane (菅原道真,c. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (970x1384, 454 KB) Sugawara no Michizane (菅原道真,c. ... Image File history File links Hyakuninisshu_024. ... Image File history File links Hyakuninisshu_024. ... Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese kanshi poet Abu Tammam Categories: | ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... March 26: Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese kanshei poet (approx. ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ... A poet is someone who writes poetry. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Heian Period. ... Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong Hand-painted Chinese New Years poetry pasted on the sides of doors leading to peoples homes, Old Town, Lijiang, Yunnan, China. ...

He was born into a family of letters. Beginning with his grandfather, his family served the court, teaching history in the national school for future bureaucrats. His father began a private school in his mansion and taught students who prepared for the entrance examination to the national school or who had ambitions to be officers of the court.

Sugawara passed the examination, and entered Daigaku, as the national academy was called in those days. After graduation he began his career in the court as a scholar. He was also appointed to a position as a government official. Sometimes, as a result of his Chinese language skill he was appointed to diplomatic offices, to host foreign embassies. Besides his offices at the court he ran the school his father founded. He was also appointed Monjo Hakushi, the highest professorial office at Daigaku. This office was considered to be the highest honor a historian could achieve.

At one point, Sugawara lost the favor of the court and was appointed to be governor of a province. Before that, he had been appointed to such offices but it had been only nominally. He lost his office as professor and must have moved to the local province he was appointed to. But when a political conflict arose between Emperor Uda and Fujiwara no Mototsune, he sent his opinion to Mototsune, and gained his favor. Though his term as governor was not over, he was called back to Kyoto. Emperor Uda (宇多天皇 Uda Tennō) (May 5, 867- July 19, 931) was the 59th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Fujiwara no Mototsune (藤原基経, 836-891) continued the trend begun by Yoshifusa of monopolising the position of regent to the Japanese emperor. ... This article is about the city Kyoto. ...

He rose to high positions of the imperial court under the grace of Emperor Uda, but in 901 he fell into a trap of his rival Fujiwara no Tokihira and was demoted to a minor official of Dazaifu, in Kyūshū's Chikuzen Province. After his lonely death, plague and drought spread and sons of Emperor Daigo died in succession. The Imperial Palace's Great Audience Hall (shishinden) was struck repeatedly by lightning, and the city experienced weeks of rainstorms and floods. Attributing this to the angry spirit of the exiled Sugawara, the imperial court built a Shinto shrine called Kitano Tenmangu in Kyoto, and dedicated it to him. They posthumously restored his title and office, and struck from the record any mention of his exile. Sugawara was deified as Tenjin-sama, or kami of scholarship. Today many Shinto shrines in Japan are dedicated to him. Events Mesoamerican ballgame court dedicated at Uxmal Kingdom of Taebong established in Korean peninsula Fuzhou city was expanded with construction of a new city wall (Luo City). Births Deaths February 18 - Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician Categories: 901 ... Fujiwara no Tokihira (藤原 時平; 871 - 909) was a kugyo (Japanese noble) who served as regent under Emperors of Japan. ... Categories: Cities in Fukuoka Prefecture | Japan-related stubs ... KyÅ«shÅ« region of Japan and the current prefectures on KyÅ«shÅ« island KyÅ«shÅ« ), literally Nine Provinces, is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. ... Chikuzen (筑前国; Chikuzen no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today part of Fukuoka Prefecture on KyÅ«shÅ«, but without the southern and eastern parts of Fukuoka. ... A pandemic (from Greek pan all + demos people) is an epidemic (an outbreak of an infectious disease) that spreads worldwide, or at least across a large region. ... A drought is a period of time when there is not enough water to support agricultural, urban or environmental water needs. ... Emperor Daigo (醍醐天皇 Daigo Tennō) (January 18, 885– October 23, 930) was the 60th Imperial Ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... A torii is a gate leading to a jinja. ... Kitano Tenmangu (北野天満宮) is a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, dedicated to Tenjin-san, the kami of scholarship. ... Tenjin (天神) is the Shinto kami of scholarship, the deified Sugawara no Michizane. ... Megami redirects here. ...

He was appointed ambassador to China in the 890's, but instead came out in support of abolition of the imperial embassies to China in 894, theoretically in consideration for the decline of the Tang Dynasty. A potential ulterior motive may have lain in Michizane's almost complete ignorance of spoken Chinese; most Japanese at the time only read Chinese, and knew little to nothing about the spoken language. Michizane, as the nominated ambassador to China, would have been presented with a potential loss of face had he been forced to depend on an interpreter. Imperial embassies to China were missions to China for importing the technologies and culture of China to Japan. ... Births Deaths Events Northumbrians and East Angles swear allegiance to Alfred the Great. ... The Tang Dynasty (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (June 18, 618–June 4, 907), lasting about three centuries, followed the Sui Dynasty and preceded the Song Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China. ...