Chicken ritual
(illustrated handscroll detail)
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Ise Monogatari Emaki
Illustrated Scrolls of the Tale of Ise
Three handscrolls
Color on Paper
Mid-Edo period, late 17th century

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The origin of the frog battles series is my illustrated handscroll "Episode 1", available on ETH on OS
https://t.co/k6HY4l9bWK

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清 徐扬 辽宁省博物馆
姑苏繁华图
长卷 纸本 设色 35.8x1225厘米

a super long handscroll of the urban lives of Suzhou, painted by the Qing court painter Xu Yang, now in Liaoning Provincial Museum

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Below see 4 sections of the Japanese Narrative Handscroll known as ‘The Miraculous Origin of Hachiman’ in the style of Sumiyoshi Jokei, (Sumiyoshi 1599-1690).

Like a silent film, notice the written ‘dialogue inter-titles’ in-between the visual sections of the scroll. https://t.co/k9eohJiPjs

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Earthly Paradise in Wuling (1780s – the Edo period) — A Handscroll painting by the Japanese artist, Tani Bunchō (1763 – 1841) — now at the British Museum () in London, UK

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Bibliothèque Infernale

Umibōzu (海坊主): aquatic yōkai from Japanese folklore. Bakemono no e handscroll, or: Illustrations of Supernatural Creatures ~ ca.1700

here:https://t.co/1hZaKUdPyF…/com…/7/73/24.Umibouzu.jpg https://t.co/7JLiLC5ohm

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of Demon Parade# The charm of demons will be revealed to you. Paint the demons!

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9 dragons. Chen Rong (1200 –1266) was a painter of the Southern Song Dynasty celebrated for his depictions of dragons. Nine Dragons is a masterpiece of calligraphy - a large handscroll - that celebrates the extreme forces of nature - in keeping with Daoist beliefs.

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Amazing catalogue of monsters from a handscroll painted by an anonymous Japanese artist from the Edo period (18th-19th century)

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