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Or 13385
- Record Id:
- 032-003099518
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003099518
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025917260.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165003253.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13385
- Title:
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Matsutake monogatari 松竹物語
- Scope & Content:
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'The Tale of the Pine and Bamboo'. Title on title slip: 'Matsutake monogatari emaki 松竹物語絵巻. An illustrated otogizōshi story of unknown authorship composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). It tells of a married couple who lived for a thousand years in the days of Emperor Itoku 懿徳天皇, traditionally the fourth emperor of Japan. Keen to learn the secret of their long lives, the emperor summons them to appear before him and is told they drink water from a spring near Mt Iwane. The emperor travels to the mountain, drinks from the spring and also attains longevity . Eventually the couple become gods and are worshipped in the form of a pine tree and a bamboo, symbols of longevity and constancy respectively.
The manuscript is undated but probably from early Edo Period (c.16401680)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003099518
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003099518
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 scroll
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165003253.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1640
- End Date:
- 1680
- Date Range:
- 1640-1680
- Calendar:
- Japanese
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Emaki picture scroll. Height of text: 265 mm
Material: ink and colour on ganpi paper decorated with patterns of trees and plants in gold ink.
Dimensions: 327 x 9340 mm
Illustrations: contains 5 hand-painted scenes
Binding: dark blue brocade cover decorated with the character 壽 (longevity) and the 'seven treasures'. Handwritten title slip on gold paper. In a silk wrapper and wooden box.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired in 1973
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)