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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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