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Treasures! Important Cultural Property “Zoshi Haseo" All Scrolls - Eiseibunko's Picture Scroll Collection
Eisei-Bunko Museum
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Haseo Zoshi (Kamakura - Nanbokucho period, 13th - 14th century) is a picture scroll based on a strange tale about Ki no Haseo, a Chinese scholar of the Heian period. The scroll was a treasured possession of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period, and its whereabouts were unknown for a long time due to the turmoil at the end of the Edo period and during the Restoration Period, but it came into the possession of Moritatsu Hosokawa (1883-1970), the founder of Eiseibunko, at the beginning of the Showa period.
This picture scroll depicts a sugoroku (a traditional Japanese game) contest between Haseo and a demon from the Suzakumon Gate. Haseo wins the game and wins a beautiful woman, but if he breaks his promise to the ogre and touches her before the 100th day is up, she immediately turns into water and flows away. The sound of the Sugoroku dice being shaken is represented by lines, and other expressions common to today's anime and manga can also be found in the story. The story is short, with only five paragraphs, and the content is clear, making it a valuable example of the origin of the otogi-zoshi, short stories written in the Muromachi period (1333-1573) and later.
The Eiseibuko collection also contains various other picture scrolls, including a copy of the national treasure "Mokoshurai-ekotoba" (The Mongolian Raid on Japan), which once belonged to the Oyano family of the Kumamoto domain, and is owned by the Imperial Household Agency, San-no-Maru Shokan. This exhibition introduces the world of the story unfolded on the horizontal screen through the collection of emaki, which has not had many opportunities to be shown to the public.
This picture scroll depicts a sugoroku (a traditional Japanese game) contest between Haseo and a demon from the Suzakumon Gate. Haseo wins the game and wins a beautiful woman, but if he breaks his promise to the ogre and touches her before the 100th day is up, she immediately turns into water and flows away. The sound of the Sugoroku dice being shaken is represented by lines, and other expressions common to today's anime and manga can also be found in the story. The story is short, with only five paragraphs, and the content is clear, making it a valuable example of the origin of the otogi-zoshi, short stories written in the Muromachi period (1333-1573) and later.
The Eiseibuko collection also contains various other picture scrolls, including a copy of the national treasure "Mokoshurai-ekotoba" (The Mongolian Raid on Japan), which once belonged to the Oyano family of the Kumamoto domain, and is owned by the Imperial Household Agency, San-no-Maru Shokan. This exhibition introduces the world of the story unfolded on the horizontal screen through the collection of emaki, which has not had many opportunities to be shown to the public.
Schedule | Oct 7 (Sat) 2023-Dec 3 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1000; Seniors 70 & Over ¥800; University and High School Students ¥500; Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion, Junior High School Students and Under free. | ||||
| Venue | Eisei-Bunko Museum https://www.eiseibunko.com/english/index.html  | ||||
| Location | 1-1-1 Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0015 | ||||
| Access | 10 minute walk from Waseda Station on the Toden Arakawa line, 15 minute walk from exit 1a at Edogawabashi Station on the Yurakucho line, 15 minute walk from exit 3a at Waseda Station on the Tozai line; From Mejiro Station on the JR Yamanote line or Zoshigaya Station on the Fukutoshin line, take the Toei bus and get off at Mejirodai-Sanchome. The venue is 5 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3941-0850 | ||||
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