https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/74880/fullPortrait of Michizane18 century - 19 century[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@169f5]com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@169f5Hanging scroll: ink and colors on paperSugawara Michizane (847-903) is also called under the names of Tenjin Sama or Temmangu. He was a noble of the 19th century, deified as God of Calligraphy and often depicted riding on a black ox, or clasping to his chest a branch of blooming plum trees. In this painting, Michizane is depicted as a bearded man in traditional Japanese robes, holding in his right hand a slab, beneath his left arm, a sword. Plum blossoms is a symbol of his noblety and, in this case, appears to his upper right. The painting is executed in a very schematized and restrained line (except for the plum trees that are painted in a rather cursive style.) P.W. 3/24/89com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@5fhttps://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/20820/rdf