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Portrait of Sugawara no Michizane
Portrait of Sugawara no Michizane
Portrait of Sugawara no Michizane

Portrait of Sugawara no Michizane

Titles
  • Tenjinzō
  • 天神像
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.
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