emakimono!!
源氏物語絵54帖万華鏡
Tale of Genji Picture 54 Kaleidoscope
The 54 chapters of The Tale of Genji, also known as Genji-e, have been depicted in various wide art works, from picture scrolls to folding screens, and have been the subject of much appreciation. The Tale of Genji Picture Scroll, which is treasured by the Tokugawa Art Museum, is the oldest extant picture scroll, and is an essential scroll in the search for the roots of picture scrolls. From picture scrolls to folding screens, enjoy the Tale of Genji as it was depicted.
鳥獣人物戯画絵巻イッキ見！！
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You can enjoy all scrolls of the Birds, Beasts, and Humans Caricature Picture Scrolls from A to Ding scrolls in side-scrolling mode. These picture scrolls were painted between the Heian and Kamakura periods, and depict animals and humans playing games with a stylish touch. There are many mysteries in these picture scrolls, and it is not always known who painted them. Let's take a look at all the scrolls and try to solve the riddles.
九相図観想
contemplation of Nine stages of decay
All scenes of the nine phases of the scroll can be enjoyed by scrolling horizontally. The transformation of a beautiful woman from death to decay is divided into nine phases, vividly depicting the beauty and ugliness of the body. View all nine phases together and contemplate the Pure Land as if you were a Buddhist practitioner!
伴大納言絵詞全巻イッキ見！！
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The Ban Dainagon Emaki, upper, middle, and lower volumes, can be enjoyed vertically and horizontally scrolled. This is the masterpiece of a serial picture scroll produced by the genius painter Tokiwa Mitsunaga under the production of Emperor Go-Shirakawa, a picture scroll enthusiast, at the end of the Heian period (794-1185). From the upper part of the scroll, which depicts with great power the scene of the Otenmon Gate going up in flames, to the graphic depiction of the grieving wives of the Ban family, this emaki is full of highlights filled with joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.
信貴山縁起絵巻全巻イッキ見！！
See all shigisan-engi-emaki
時代から見る絵巻
Emakis in Historical Perspective
人物から見る絵巻
personnames
danrinkougou(2)
murasakisikibu(2)
tachibananaomoto(1)
ononomichikaze(1)
murakamitennnou(1)
mimunenomotonatsu(1)
fujiwarasaneyori(1)
gosagatennou(1)
kosaisyounotubone(1)
koshikibunaishi(1)
fujiwaranosyousi(1)
kinohaseo(1)
saigyo(1)
torenhoushi(1)
syunne(1)
minamotonoyorimasa(1)
索引から見る絵巻
emakis from the index
絵巻名場面集！！
great scenes from the emakis!
The monkey got angry with the frogs...
Haseo prayed earnestly, and the demon disappeared...
A beautiful woman's body is constantly undermined...
The wedding procession goes on and on...
The dead who fell into hell are attacked by flaming chickens...
横スクロールで楽しむワイド美術
Side-scrolling art for your enjoyment
Picture scrolls are not the only art that can be rediscovered through horizontal scrolling. For example, many Japanese works of art, such as folding screens and fusuma paintings, are made on wide screens, and in the West, there are many examples of illustrated art, such as the Bayeux Tapestry and frescoes. Also. In the modern era, Monet, who was influenced by Japonism, created a series of paintings called Water Lilies that surrounded a room like a fusuma (sliding door) painting.
