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Illustrated Handscroll of Kitano Tenjin Engi (Legends of Kitano Tenjin Shrine)

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  • Muromachi period, 16th century
  • color on paper
  • set of three handscrolls

Paintings – Japanese / Asian Paintings

Though the painter of each scroll differs, totally it shows an extravagant style with dark colors. The fact that the story is supplemented other than the basic content, and the manners of the people depicted show the characteristics of the late Muromachi period. This work is considered to have been made in relation with the diffusion of illustrated story books.(「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.1」2003)

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Title/Name Illustrated Handscroll of Kitano Tenjin Engi (Legends of Kitano Tenjin Shrine)
Other Title/
Name
Artist/
Creator
Period/Era Muromachi period
Century 16c.
Quantity set of three handscrolls
Dimensions
Material/
Technique
color on paper
Signature/
Inscriptions
Accessories/
Contents
Country/
Origin
Excavation
Site
Related
Place
Kyoto Kagoshima Fukuoka
Provenance
Collection
No.
SZK002956
Category PaintingsJapanese / Asian Paintings
Cultural
Property
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Illustrated Handscroll of Kitano Tenjin Engi (Legends of Kitano Tenjin Shrine)

Illustrated Handscroll of Kitano Tenjin Engi (Legends of Kitano Tenjin Shrine)

Though the painter of each scroll differs, totally it shows an extravagant style with dark colors. The fact that the story is supplemented other than the basic content, and the manners of the people depicted show the characteristics of the late Muromachi period. This work is considered to have been made in relation with the diffusion of illustrated story books.(「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.1」2003)