Imaging Japanese History:

A Case Study of Heian Japan through Art: Japan's Four Great Emaki - Images

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Heian Japan Online Image List: Japan’s Four Great Emaki

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Use the appropriate link below to find the hand scroll assigned to your group. Record your analysis on Handout H5.

• Chōjū giga (Scroll of Frolicking Animals)

• Genji Monogatari emaki (The Illustrated Tale of Genji)

  • Suzumushi Chapter

  • Scene by Kashiwagi III

• Shigisan engi emaki (Legends of Mt. Shigi)
   
  • Rice bowl taking storehouse
     
  • Sending the rice back
     
• Ban Dainagon ekotoba (The Tale of the Courtier Ban Dainagon)
   
  • Fire at the second gate
     
  • Scenes from all three scrolls

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