Sugawara no Kiyotomo

Sugawara no Kiyotomo
菅原清公
Sugawara no Kiyotomo by Kikuchi Yōsai
Born770
DiedNovember 26, 842
FamilySugawara clan
IssueSugawara no Koreyoshi
FatherSugawara no Furuhito
Occupationcourt noble, poet, politician

Sugawara no Kiyotomo (菅原 清公, 770 – November 26, 842), also read as Kiyokimi, was a Japanese court noble, poet, and politician of the early Heian period. He served as Vice Minister of Ceremonial Affairs, Mayor of the Left Capital District, and Vice Governor of Harima Province (824–825), and held the court rank of Junior Third Rank.[1]

He was the father of Sugawara no Koreyoshi, and grandfather of Sugawara no Michizane who was deified as Tenjin, the deity of scholarship.

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