page_title: Tenjin (kami)
hierarchical_section_title: Tenjin (kami)
caption_attribution_description: English: Tenjin Crossing to China late 15th century Sesshin Muromachi period Ink on paper H: 74.5 W: 29.6 cm Freer Gallery of Art, F1983.8 Copyright 2011 Digital Image, Smithsonian Institution
context_page_description: In mythology, folklore and the Shinto religion of Japan, Tenjin is the patron kami of academics, scholarship and learning, the intelligentsia.
  Tenjin is the deification of Sugawara no Michizane, the famous scholar, poet and politician of the Heian period.
  Ten means sky and jin means god or deity. The original meaning of Tenjin, sky deity, is almost the same as that of Raijin.
context_section_description: In mythology, folklore and the Shinto religion of Japan, Tenjin (天神) is the patron kami (deity) of academics, scholarship and learning, the intelligentsia.
  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).
caption: Tenjin Crossing to China, late 15th century by Sesshin, Muromachi period, Ink on paper, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution
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