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BENRIDO Inc.
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Reduced Scroll Shigisan Engi Emaki 3-volume set
 Original text before translation
縮小巻物 信貴山縁起絵巻 3巻セット
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(2401003010078)
Wholesale Price: Members Only
1 pc /set
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Size
Paper width 11.0 x length Tobikura scroll:294.0cm Nun-ko scroll:471.0cm Engi-Kamochi scroll: 426.0 cm |
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Country of manufacture: Japan
Material / component: Specifications
SAKI cover paper, Makiko binding, Japanese-English commentary, lyrics included, bound in cloth with a muso-wrapping cloth Printing method Glass plate (collotype monochrome printing) Package: Individual box
Product tag: None
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Description
| *Reduced size picture scroll [National Treasure: Shigisan Engi Emaki] (set of three scrolls)* Heian period, Lent by Chagosonji temple [The Shigisan Engi Emaki (Picture Scroll of the auspicious omen of Mt. Shigi) is one of the four most famous picture scrolls in Japan, along with The Tale of Genji, Caricatures of Birds and Beasts, and Ban Dainagon's Picture Scrolls. All three scrolls are now available in collotype format. The scrolls were produced in the late Heian period (794-1185), and depict stories about Meiren, a Buddhist priest who was a central figure in the Shigisan temple (Chogo Magoji, Ikoma County, Nara Prefecture), with lively and witty brush strokes. Tobikura no maki A mysterious tale of a rice granary flying through the sky and rice bales flying back to the earth. The story of Meiren, who possesses the power of flying bowls, begging for alms. A rice granary belonging to a wealthy chief. When the bowl is hit by Meiren's Dharma power, it sends the entire storehouse flying into the air. At the bewildered chief's complaint, Meiren returns the bale of rice to the chief again. The reactions of the people who are flustered by the miracle that occurs before their eyes are vividly depicted in the film. Engi-Kamochi Scroll Meiren's blessing prayer heals the emperor's illness. When the emperor Engi (Emperor Daigo) suffered from a serious illness, Meiren, who was known for his legal power, was invited to the capital (Kyoto) to pray for the emperor's healing. However, he remained at Mt. Shigi and prayed for the emperor's healing. It is also documented that Meiren was actually invited to the capital. The Nun's Scroll At the suggestion of the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple, Meiren is safely reunited with her elder sister. When she was young, Meiren left her hometown in Shinano Province and went to Nara to practice Buddhism. She asked for her brother, who had disappeared, and her sister, a nun, went on a journey all the way to Nara. The two are safely reunited in front of the Great Buddha Hall of Todaiji Temple, where they pray to the Great Buddha for their reunion. The Daibutsuden painted in this work is a valuable record of the building as it was when it was first constructed. *What is a collotype*? While offset printing, a common printing method, expresses colors and shading with a density of small dots, collotype expresses them in continuous gradation, which allows for more realistic and precise detail, similar to that of photographs. Official recognition by Kozan-ji Temple Our [caricatures of birds, animals, and humans] series are commercialized with the permission of Kozanji Temple (Kyoto), the temple that owns the works. A portion of the purchase price will be donated to Kozanji Temple to The money is used for the preservation of the temple's cultural assets and for the maintenance of the temple grounds. |
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Heian period, Lent by Chagosonji temple
[The Shigisan Engi Emaki (Picture Scroll of the auspicious omen of Mt. Shigi) is one of the four most famous picture scrolls in Japan, along with The Tale of Genji, Caricatures of Birds and Beasts, and Ban Dainagon's Picture Scrolls. All three scrolls are now available in collotype format. The scrolls were produced in the late Heian period (794-1185), and depict stories about Meiren, a Buddhist priest who was a central figure in the Shigisan temple (Chogo Magoji, Ikoma County, Nara Prefecture), with lively and witty brush strokes.
Tobikura no maki
A mysterious tale of a rice granary flying through the sky and rice bales flying back to the earth.
The story of Meiren, who possesses the power of flying bowls, begging for alms. A rice granary belonging to a wealthy chief. When the bowl is hit by Meiren's Dharma power, it sends the entire storehouse flying into the air. At the bewildered chief's complaint, Meiren returns the bale of rice to the chief again. The reactions of the people who are flustered by the miracle that occurs before their eyes are vividly depicted in the film.
Engi-Kamochi Scroll
Meiren's blessing prayer heals the emperor's illness.
When the emperor Engi (Emperor Daigo) suffered from a serious illness, Meiren, who was known for his legal power, was invited to the capital (Kyoto) to pray for the emperor's healing. However, he remained at Mt. Shigi and prayed for the emperor's healing. It is also documented that Meiren was actually invited to the capital.
The Nun's Scroll
At the suggestion of the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple, Meiren is safely reunited with her elder sister.
When she was young, Meiren left her hometown in Shinano Province and went to Nara to practice Buddhism. She asked for her brother, who had disappeared, and her sister, a nun, went on a journey all the way to Nara. The two are safely reunited in front of the Great Buddha Hall of Todaiji Temple, where they pray to the Great Buddha for their reunion. The Daibutsuden painted in this work is a valuable record of the building as it was when it was first constructed.
*What is a collotype*?
While offset printing, a common printing method, expresses colors and shading with a density of small dots, collotype expresses them in continuous gradation, which allows for more realistic and precise detail, similar to that of photographs.
Official recognition by Kozan-ji Temple
Our [caricatures of birds, animals, and humans] series are commercialized with the permission of Kozanji Temple (Kyoto), the temple that owns the works.
A portion of the purchase price will be donated to Kozanji Temple to
The money is used for the preservation of the temple's cultural assets and for the maintenance of the temple grounds.
平安時代 朝護孫子寺蔵
「源氏物語絵巻」「鳥獣人物戯画」「伴大納言絵詞」と並び日本の四大絵巻物の一つと称される絵巻物「信貴山縁起絵巻」全三巻。その全てをコロタイプ刷の縮小絵巻物に仕立てました。制作は平安時代後期、信貴山（朝護孫子寺、奈良県生駒郡）中興の僧侶、命蓮に関する説話を、躍動感のある軽妙な筆致で描き、「鳥獣人物戯画」とともに日本の漫画文化のルーツとも言われている絵巻です。
飛倉の巻
米倉が空を飛び、米俵が舞い戻る、摩訶不思議な物語。
飛鉢（鉢を飛ばす）の法力を持つ命蓮が托鉢を行う話。お金持ちの長者が所有する米倉。命蓮の法力がかかった鉢は、米倉ごと宙に飛ばしてしまいます。困り果てた長者の訴えに、命蓮は米俵を再び長者に舞い戻し返却します。目の前に起こる奇跡に慌てふためく人々の反応が生き生きと描かれます。
延喜加持の巻
命蓮の加持祈祷は、帝の病を平癒させる。
延喜の帝（醍醐天皇）が重い病に苦しんだ際、法力で知られた命蓮は帝平癒の加持祈祷に都（京都）に招へいされます。しかし、命蓮は信貴山にとどまって加持祈祷を行い、めでたく帝は平癒します。なお、実際に命蓮が都に招へいされたことが文献にものこされています。
尼公の巻
東大寺の大仏様のお告げにより、命蓮は姉との無事の再会を果たす。
命蓮は若いときに故郷・信濃国を離れ、奈良へ仏道の修行に向かいます。そのまま消息の途絶えた弟を探し訊ね、姉の尼公ははるばる奈良への旅路に向かいます。東大寺大仏殿の前で大仏様へ再会を願うと、お告げにより無事に二人は再会を果たします。描かれた大仏殿は、当時創建当初であった建物を伝える貴重な記録にもなっています。
○コロタイプとは○
一般的な印刷方法であるオフセット印刷では色や濃淡を小さな網点の密度で表現しますが、コロタイプでは連続階調で表現するため、写真のようにより本物に近い緻密なディテールで表現することができます。
高山寺 公式認定
当社の「鳥獣人物戯画」シリーズは所蔵先である高山寺（京都）様の許諾のもと商品化されています。
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