Catalog record · 目録番号 19977

Poet, Calligrapher and the God

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)歌川国貞（三代歌川豊国）
Date / 年代: 1847-1850
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 555 × 800 px
Published by / 公開者: 白石カナ

Catalog note / 解説

An aristocrat, Sugawara Michizane, who was a renowned poet and calligrapher in the Heian Court. He was later involved in the court intrigue and banished to the southern island, kyushu. The legend said that his angry spirit became the thunder and strike the imperial court in Kyoto. Since then, he was enshrined as the guardian god of scholarship and literature.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · Middle 19th century. · artelino

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