View Emaki with Horizontal Scrolling
Emaki are meant to be unrolled and followed — not read like a book. From satire and hell scrolls to kusōzu, explore Heian–Kamakura picture scrolls scene by scene with horizontal scrolling.
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Satire & Humor
Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga — animals behaving like humans, often called Japan's oldest manga
View all 4 scrolls →Hell & Dark Fantasy
Hell Scrolls & Hungry Ghosts — torments and grotesque visions
Contains depictions of torment. View at your own discretion.
Explore on the Kyoto map →Impermanence
Kusōzu — follow all ten stages from life to ash
Kusōzu gallery →Manga Roots
Visual lineage from medieval scrolls to modern anime & manga
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