Japan's court exiled Michizane on a rival's charge, then restored his offices and made him Chancellor 90 years after his death

Kind 1 and kind 2. Sugawara no Michizane was a scholar from a family of modest rank. His daughter became a consort of Emperor Uda, and in 899 he was made Minister of the Right while Fujiwara no Tokihira became Minister of the Left. In 901 Tokihira accused him of plotting to put Prince Tokiyo, the emperor's brother, on the throne. Michizane was demoted to a post at Dazaifu in Kyushu and exiled there. He died in 903. Tokihira died in 909, aged 38. Crown Prince Yasuakira died in 923, aged 21. In 923 the court revoked Michizane's punishment and restored him to his former office. Crown Prince Yoshiyori died in 925, aged 5. In 930 lightning struck the Seiryoden hall of the palace and killed courtiers; Emperor Daigo died the same year. These deaths were attributed to Michizane's angry spirit. In 947 he was enshrined at Kitano Tenmangu in Kyoto. In 987 he was given the title Tenjin, and in 993 he was posthumously raised to Senior First Rank and Daijo-daijin, the highest office at court. A shrine stands over his grave at Dazaifu, and he is worshipped as a patron of scholarship.