Kitano Tenjin – Antique Wall Art
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Kitano Tenjin
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Kitano Tenjin refers to the shrine in northern Kyoto that honors Sugawara no Michizane (845-903), a scholar and court official who was exiled to Dazaifu and died there. After a series of disasters in the capital was blamed on his angry spirit, he was enshrined at Kitano and came to be revered as Tenjin, the deity of learning. This hosoban print is an urushi-e, a narrow vertical format that imitates the glossy surface of lacquer work. Its date falls within the Kyoho era (1716-1736), when the Edo print trade was expanding, and the image shows how a learned courtier became a popular religious figure.
| Created / published | [between 1716 and 1736] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut, color ; 31.2 x 15.8 cm. |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Alternate title from exhibit caption. Format: Hosoban Urushie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e ... / essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, no. 17, p. 40. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Sugawara, Michizane,--845-903. Nobility--Japan--1710-1740. Gods--Japanese--1710-1740. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,645 × 4,497 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221957 |
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