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1. Tenjin (kami)late 15th century by Sesshin, Muromachi period, Ink on paper, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute]] In Japanese mythology and folklore, Tenjin is the Shinto kami of scholarship, the deification of a scholar, poet, and politician named Sugawara no Michizane. Ten 天 means sky and jin 神 means god or deity. The original meaning of Tenjin, sky deity, is almost the same as that of Raijin (a god of thunder).
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