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Or 13839
- Record Id:
- 032-003121161
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003121161
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026079257.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165003361.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13839
- Title:
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Tengu no dairi 天狗の内裏
- Scope & Content:
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‘The Palace of the Tengu’. Title on title slip: 天狗の内裏. 上 (下）. An otogizoshi of unknown authorship of the Hōganmono ('Magistrate' i.e. Yoshitsune) genre recounting an episode from the life of the tragic hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経, younger brother of Shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo 源頼朝.
Summary: at the age of 7 Yoshitsune enters the Buddhist temple at Kurama and devotes himself to study. At the age of 15 he visits the Palace of the Tengu (long-nosed goblins) hidden in the mountains where he is received by the Tengu King and shown the five arts of the Tengu. Yoshitsune expresses a desire to meet his late father Yoshitomo and so the Tengu King leads him through various hells to the Pure Land. Yoshitomo appears as a Buddha and asks his son to defeat the rival Taira clan and ensure the future of the Minamoto. Yoshitsune vows to do this and his father tells him what the future holds for him.
The manuscript is undated but was probably written at the end of Muromachi Period (c.1560-1600)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003121161", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 13839: Tengu no dairi 天狗の内裏" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003121161
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003121161
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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2 scrolls
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165003361.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1560
- End Date:
- 1600
- Date Range:
- 1560-1600
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Emaki picture scroll. Although now consisting of 2 scrolls, the presence of joins or folds in the sheets of paper indicate that this manuscript was originally bound as a book in Nara ehon format. The difference in width of the sheets (text sections average 180-190 mm with 10 lines of characters, illustrations average 215 mm) suggests that text and illustrations were originally bound separately
Materials: ink and colour on paper
Dimensions: scroll 1: 310 x 9030 mm, scroll 2: 310 x 6466 mm
Illustrations: 16 colour illustrations (11 in scroll 1, 5 in scroll 2)
Binding: brown brocade covers embroidered in gold. Original title slips. In a wooden box
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from Kōbunsō 1978 (listed as item 75 in Kōbunsō catalogue no. 50, Feb 1977)
- Publications:
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For a detailed description of this manuscript see: Hizō Nihon bijutsu taikan. 4, Daiei Toshokan, Ashumorian Bijutsukan, Vikutoria Arubāto Hakubutsukan 秘蔵日本美術大観. 4, 大英図書館, アシュモリアン美術館, ヴィクトリア・アルバート博物館 , ed. by Hirayama Ikuo 平山郁夫 and Kobayashi Tadashi 小林忠 (Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1994), pp. 88-89
Igunma, Jana and San San May (eds.), 'Buddhism. Origins, traditions and contemporary life.' (London: British Library, 2019) p. 108-9.
- Exhibitions:
- Buddhism, British Library, 25 Oct 2019 - 23 Feb 2020
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)