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E-maki of Edo Yokai
National Museum of Japanese History
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The Edo period is said to have been a time of a yokai (monsters/ghosts) boom, with countless illustrations of yokai of all kinds being produced in picture books, paperbacks, picture scrolls, and nishiki-e. One of the reasons for this may be that yokai stimulated the imagination of the artists.
The museum has one of the largest collections of paintings of ghosts and yokai in Japan. For this special exhibition, materials from this collection with a focus on the picture scroll format have been selected. Among the "Hyakki Yagyo" picture scrolls, which were created in the Muromachi period (1336-1573) and copied and arranged in the Edo period (1603-1868), the work by Masunobu Kano in the museum collection is an outstanding work from the early Edo period.
In addition to "Hyakki Yagyo," which depicts a parade of yokai, there were also picture scrolls that enumerated a wide variety of yokai, which could be called yokai illustrated books, produced in the Edo period. The "Bakemono Emaki" is one such example.
Other works on display include "Tsuchigumo Zoshi," which depicts the extermination of the Tsuchigumo spider by Minamoto no Yorimitsu and the Four Heavenly Kings, and “Hyoroku Oishi Monogatari Emaki," a story set in Kagoshima and featuring the samurai Hyoroku Oishi, which has a narrative structure that is inherent to emaki.
In addition to pure yokai, Nichosai's caricature "Jigoku-zu-maki," which focuses on the theme of hell, will be added to the exhibition to introduce a wide variety of yokai paintings from the Edo period that was developed within the context of the picture scroll format.
The museum has one of the largest collections of paintings of ghosts and yokai in Japan. For this special exhibition, materials from this collection with a focus on the picture scroll format have been selected. Among the "Hyakki Yagyo" picture scrolls, which were created in the Muromachi period (1336-1573) and copied and arranged in the Edo period (1603-1868), the work by Masunobu Kano in the museum collection is an outstanding work from the early Edo period.
In addition to "Hyakki Yagyo," which depicts a parade of yokai, there were also picture scrolls that enumerated a wide variety of yokai, which could be called yokai illustrated books, produced in the Edo period. The "Bakemono Emaki" is one such example.
Other works on display include "Tsuchigumo Zoshi," which depicts the extermination of the Tsuchigumo spider by Minamoto no Yorimitsu and the Four Heavenly Kings, and “Hyoroku Oishi Monogatari Emaki," a story set in Kagoshima and featuring the samurai Hyoroku Oishi, which has a narrative structure that is inherent to emaki.
In addition to pure yokai, Nichosai's caricature "Jigoku-zu-maki," which focuses on the theme of hell, will be added to the exhibition to introduce a wide variety of yokai paintings from the Edo period that was developed within the context of the picture scroll format.
Schedule | Aug 1 (Tue) 2023-Sep 3 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥600; University Students ¥250; High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 2 Companion free. | ||||
| Venue | National Museum of Japanese History https://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/english  | ||||
| Location | 117 Jonai-cho, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-8502 | ||||
| Access | 15 minute walk from the South exit of Keisei Sakura Station on the Keisei Main line; From the South exit of JR Sakura Station, take the Chiba Green bus towards Tamachi Shako and get off at National Museum of History and Folklore. The venue is near from there. | ||||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||||
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