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The Tenjin sutra: Sugawara no Michizane Riding a Bull (Tenjinkyo)

The Tenjin sutra: Sugawara no Michizane Riding a Bull (Tenjinkyo)

Artist:

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Publisher:

Date:

ca. 1845

Location:

Not on display

Century:

19th Century AD

Media:

Color Woodcut Vertical Diptych

Dimensions:

72.3 x 23.5 cm (image); 72.3 x 23.5 cm (sheet); 72.3 x 23.5 cm

Department:

Achenbach Foundation

Object Type:

Country:

Continent:

Asia

Accession Number:

54755.1043

Acquisition Date:

1935-12-13

Credit Line:

Gift of Miss Carlotta Mabury

scholar seated cross-legged on a bull as he reads a book

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