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Portrait of Tenjin (Sugawara no Michizane)
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Portrait of Sugawara no Michizane (Kitano Tenjin)
Portrait of Sugawara no Michizane (Kitano Tenjin)
Sugawara Michizane (845-903) was a brilliant Chinese literary scholar and statesman during Japan's Heian period (794-1185) who rose quickly to high courtly rank but was unjustly ex...
Sugawara no Michizane Stampa Michizane composes a poem about the moon and plum flowers.
Sugawara no Michizane Stampa Michizane composes a poem about the moon and plum flowers.
Sugawara no Michizane was a renowned scholar and artist. He was posthumously named Tenjin, the god of calligraphy and literature. When he was eleven years old, he wrote the followi...
Bando Hikosaburo III as Sugawara no Michizane, from the Kabuki play, "Sugawara's Secrets of Calligraphy" (Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami)
Bando Hikosaburo III as Sugawara no Michizane, from the Kabuki play, "Sugawara's Secrets of Calligraphy" (Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan...
“Tenmangū,” Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin Traveling to China
“Tenmangū,” Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin Traveling to China
Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan...
Courtiers Visit Sugawara no Michizane’s Mortuary Temple, from Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine
Courtiers Visit Sugawara no Michizane’s Mortuary Temple, from Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine
Section of a handscroll from a set; ink on paper, Kamakura period (1185–1333), Japan...
Possession of the Shamaness Tajihi no Ayako by the Spirit of Sugawara no Michizane, from Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine
Possession of the Shamaness Tajihi no Ayako by the Spirit of Sugawara no Michizane, from Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine
Section of handscroll mounted as hanging scroll; ink on paper, Kamakura period (1185–1333), Japan...

