Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Shrine (Kitano Tenjin Engi) (detail). Kamakura period (1185–1333), 13th century. Japan. Handscroll; ink and color on paper; 11 3/4 x 28 ft. 3 3/4 in. (29.8 x 863 cm). Fletcher Fund, 1925 (25.224e).
Other oracles simultaneously deliver messages like the one reported by Nichizo. In this scene, a small girl named Ayako tells how Michizane's spirit has ordered her to build a shrine in his honor.
