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“Tenmangū,” Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin Traveling to China

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Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving 2015
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Title: “Tenmangū,” Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin Traveling to China
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Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.

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