Catalog record · 目録番号 72571

Thunder God Michizane

Artist / 作者: Keisai Eisen渓斎英泉
Date / 年代: 1820-1839
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 415 × 1200 px
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ

Catalog note / 解説

Sugawara Michizane 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 · Ca. 1820-30s. · artelino

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