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 accomplished poet; particularly in Chinese poetry; and is today revered as the god of learning; Tenman-Tenjin; often shortened to Tenjin.

He was appointed ambassador to China in the 890s; but instead came out in support of abolition of the imperial embassies to China in 894; because of the decline of the Tang Dynasty. Pictures From History