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Sugawara no Michizane

845 - 903

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sugawara no Michizane has received more than 517,344 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Sugawara no Michizane is the 961st most popular writer (up from 1,350th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Japan (up from 313th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sugawara no Michizane ranks 961 out of 5,755Before him are Khaled Hosseini, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Juan Antonio Villacañas, E. M. Forster, Garcilaso de la Vega, and Ernst Hanfstaengl. After him are Richard Matheson, Jean-Claude Carrière, Edogawa Ranpo, Gnaeus Naevius, Stephen Crane, and James Brendan Connolly.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sugawara no Michizane ranks 170 out of 6,048Before him are Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), Emperor Tenji (626), Akira Suzuki (1930), and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952). After him are Edogawa Ranpo (1894), Emperor Kanmu (737), Empress Genshō (680), Emperor Richū (336), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), and Tsugumi Ohba (1950).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Sugawara no Michizane ranks 16Before him are Sei Shōnagon (966), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Masaru Emoto (1943), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), and Kōbō Abe (1924). After him are Edogawa Ranpo (1894), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Shoko Asahara (1955), D. T. Suzuki (1870), Mori Ōgai (1862), and Kobayashi Issa (1763).