Japanese Print "Thunder God Michizane" by Keisai Eisen

Artist:Keisai Eisen

Title:Thunder God Michizane

Date:Ca. 1820-30s.

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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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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.

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