The Actor Nakamura Nakazō in the Role of Kan Shōjō, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1780, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 12 13/16 x 5 3/4 in. (32. 5 x 14. 6 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726?1792), Based on the legend of Sugawara Michizane, Sugawara's Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami) became one of the most popular Kabuki plays. In it, Kan Shōjō (Sugawara Michizane; 845?903), a distinguished statesman, poet, and scholar, was deified as the god Tenjin to appease his spirit's righteous vengeance after his death in exile