In mythology, folklore and the Shinto religion of Japan,
Tenjin (天神) is the patron kami (deity) of academics, scholarship, of learning, and of the intelligentsia.
Title: “Tenmangū,” Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin
Tenjin is the deification of Sugawara no Michizane
(845–903), the famous scholar, poet and politician of the Heian period.
Ten (天) means sky and jin (神) means god or deity. The original meaning of Tenjin, sky deity, is almost the same as that of Raijin (a god of thunder)
Title: “Tenmangū,” Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin
Traveling to China
Artist: Sengai Gibon (Japanese, 1750–1837)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Collection: Metropolitan Museum, NY
Artist: Sengai Gibon (Japanese, 1750–1837)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Collection: Metropolitan Museum, NY
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