Portrait of Sugawara no Michizane
Titles
- Tenjinzō
- 天神像
Artist
Anonymous
Date15th century
GeographyJapan
MediumInk and colors on paper
Dimensions59 x 35 7/16 in. (149.8 x 90 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Anna Rice Cooke, 1928 (150.1)
Object number150.1
DescriptionKakemono. Shows seated figure of a nobleman in stiff black robes lined with red and white, characteristic high headdress, with a sword and holding a folded fan. Poem inscriptions at the top in alternating squares of dark and light. Between the figure and the blocks of writing appears a pine tree.On View
Not on viewCollections
20th century
c. 2350-2170 B.C.
