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Sugawara no Michizane Riding an Ox
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| Title: Sugawara no Michizane Riding an Ox | | Material: | colors on papier-mâché |
| | Place of Origin: Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture | | Date: Shōwa Period, 1980s | Height(in):
10.00 | Width(in):
8.00 |
| Depth(in):
3.50 |
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| Credit: museum purchase | | Object No.: 1988.011.105 |
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The ox is the second animal of the East Asian zodiac, corresponding to the year 1997 as well as the interval between 1a.m. and 3a.m., the hour of the ox. Sugawara no Michizane was the 9th century scholar and nobleman who was falsely accused of improprieties at court and sent into exile where he died before being exonerated. Later his spirit was deified and today is venerated as the Shinto god of learning and scholarship. He is said to have ridden an ox into exile, Shrines dedicated to his deified spirit often have numerous statues of oxen on their grounds.
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