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Subject:Japanese Hand Scroll
Posted By: Alex Tue, May 05, 2020 IP: 61.9.108.188
Hi, I also got curious with this emaki mono and could not determine if this is original or a reproduction. Any clue to what this is?







Subject:Re: Japanese Hand Scroll
Posted By: Alex Wed, May 06, 2020
Reposting higher resolution photos of the scroll.







Subject:Re: Japanese Hand Scroll
Posted By: I.Nagy Thu, May 07, 2020
Title,
釋教卅六人謌仙　　-　Shakkyō　Sanjurokkasen
勸修寺僧正榮海撰 - Kanjuji Sojō　Eikai-sen
Thirty-six Immortals of Buddhist Poetry
Compiled by *Eikai, High-priest of Kanjuji (Temple)

Inscription on lid,
釋教三拾六謌僊　-　Shakkyō　Sanjurokkasen -
Thirty-six Immortals of Buddhist Poetry

The last 36th picture depicts Myoe-jōjin 明恵上人
-　a poet, monk from the Kamakura period.
The artist's name reads,
春日光成　-　Kasuga Kōna (Unidentifiable)

*Ekai 1278-1347 : Name of a priest of Shingon sect during the Namboku period.

During the subsequent centuries several written copies have been made from the original.
Your one is a printed copy from one of these written copies.

With regards,
I.Nagy

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