Download or read book Sugawara no Michizane and the Early Heian Court written by Robert Borgen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sugawara no Michizane (845-902) was one of early Japan's most remarkable men, the best of many Heian poets who wrote in Chinese, and one of the models for the title charcter in The Tale of Genji. This multifacted study offers a well-rounded portrait of Michizane. Based on a wide range of primary sources, it reconstructs and analyzes his career, both at court and in the provinces. Included are many of Michixane's poems, translated for the first time. Winner of the 1990 American Historical Association's James Henry Breasted Prize. Richly illustrated with woodblock prints.