A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD CARVING OF TENJIN EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The Shinto God of Learning typically depicted seated, holding a tablet before him, wearing polychrome robes decorated with chrysanthemum and paulownia mon, his headdress with a metal ribbon at the top, raised on a rectangular plinth imitating rockwork, the base of the figure with lines of calligraphy, 46cm. (2)