was a Japanese scholar-statesman who was very inspired by Chinese classical learning, but very antagonistic to Buddhism

Buddhism

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Life

Kiyotsura was the author of a certain memorial which called the attention of the emperor

Emperor

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 to current abuses. Though it ended up ascribing the abuses mostly to that of the greed of Buddhist clergy, Kiyotsura still did not spare the Shinto

Shinto

or Shintoism, also kami-no-michi, is the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. It is a set of practices, to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past. Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written...

 priests or court officials. Kiyotsura was known as a very stern, and geat example of a Confucianist. Kiyotsura is found throughout the Japanese pages of history citing Chinese prose for political or social reform.

See also

• Fujiwara no Yasunori
  Fujiwara no Yasunori
  was a Japanese court noble and an administrator in early Heian Period. His father was Fujiwara no Sadao from South-fujiwara clan. His first son, Fujiwara no Kiyotsura , was appointed Dainagon .-Career:...