Sugawara Michizane Going into Exile

Arts of Asia

c. 1763/64

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信
Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770

Through the efforts of the Fujiwara clan, Sugawara Michizane was discredited in the eyes of Emperor Daigo and ordered to assume a post in remote Kyushu. Here, he is seated on an ox. According to the long cartouche on the right, Michizane gazes over the sea and waning moon, reflecting that he cannot see the moon that shines on the capital. He died in remote Dazaifu in 903. Because of his reputation as a scholar and accomplished poet in both Chinese and Japanese, a Shinto festival soon began to take place at his tomb in the eighth month of each year.

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Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
Title: Sugawara Michizane Going into Exile
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1758–1769
Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e
Dimensions: 31 × 14.2 cm (12 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1942.85
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