Heiji Monogatari Emaki
I visited the Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts, and one of the features I appreciated the most were the scroll paintings. One such painting is the Heiji Monogatari Emaki. It was the warrior class which formed the core of society during the Kamakura period. Thus, many hand scrolls depicting war tales were produced. The Heiji Monogatari emaki is among the best-known examples of this genre. There were several versions, though only parts of these remain. They are based on the Tale of Heiji, which describes the strife between Taira no Kiyomori and Minamoto no Yoshitomo and describes the so-called Heiji Disturbance of 1159. This was when the Minamoto clan was defeated, and the political dominance of the Taira clan was established. Emperor Nijo had been kept captive in the imperial palace by the military forces of the Minamoto. This scene (below) shows Emperor Nijo escaping to the residence of Taira no Kiyomori in Kyoto’s Rokuhara district. Taira warriors are greeting an oxcart that bears the emperor (Heiji Monogatari Emaki).
I looked at the woodwork and lacquer ware and noticed the Lacquer Inkstone Case with …show more content…
The “amagatsu” is clothed like a “Kakashi” (scarecrow), while the “Hoko” is like a stuffed doll. However, both of these words used to mean the same thing. In those days, they were known as “Hoko” which today we call “amagatsu”, and there were also stuffed “amagatsu”. These dolls were used as “katashiro”, which were used when casting spells or curses, for funerals in the Heian era. They became popular as substitutes for bearing the impurities and evil spirits that afflicted children in the Muromachi era. In the Edo era, people displayed these dolls at the “Momo-no-sekku”, one of the Japanese traditional events which wishes the healthy growth of girls, together with dolls for the Girls’ Festival by taking “amagatsu” as the male doll and “Hoko” as a female doll
I looked at the woodwork and lacquer ware and noticed the Lacquer Inkstone Case with …show more content…
The “amagatsu” is clothed like a “Kakashi” (scarecrow), while the “Hoko” is like a stuffed doll. However, both of these words used to mean the same thing. In those days, they were known as “Hoko” which today we call “amagatsu”, and there were also stuffed “amagatsu”. These dolls were used as “katashiro”, which were used when casting spells or curses, for funerals in the Heian era. They became popular as substitutes for bearing the impurities and evil spirits that afflicted children in the Muromachi era. In the Edo era, people displayed these dolls at the “Momo-no-sekku”, one of the Japanese traditional events which wishes the healthy growth of girls, together with dolls for the Girls’ Festival by taking “amagatsu” as the male doll and “Hoko” as a female doll