How to Become a God in Classical Japan

Sugawara no Michizane was a poet, scholar, and one of the most powerful men in late 9th century Japan. But for centuries he has been worshiped as "Tenjin", a god first associated with thunder, and later with learning. This video tells the story of how that happened.

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"Perfume JPN The Opening Gagaku cover 序・雅楽風"
By: fionga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=039hN71wLtw

"Haru no Umi"
By: 本城虎重
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPPHxVNjQvM

"Shizima3"
By: PeriTune - Royalty Free Music Material
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCHbcXoKPQM&list=PLfka2QVg5bSZIJvQRheegAv1sWIpdQ-Oz&index=22

"Kami (神)"
By: Adrian von Ziegler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzQ2oYMfo5U

"Between Worlds"
By: Adrian von Ziegler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbftqekNkVY

→ SOURCES

https://www.japanese-wiki-corpus.org/person/SUGAWARA%20no%20Michizane.html

https://www.japanese-wiki-corpus.org/person/SUGAWARA%20no%20Koreyoshi.html

https://www.japanese-wiki-corpus.org/Shinto/Tenjin-shinko%20Faith.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sugawara-Michizane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugawara_no_Michizane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenjin_(kami)

http://kansai-odyssey.com/sugawara-no-michizane-japans-famous-scholar/

https://jref.com/articles/sugawara-no-michizane.201/

https://www.ancient.eu/Tenjin/

https://kyoto.travel/en/shrine_temple/142.html