Category:

Prefecturally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Painting)

Title:

Shihon chakushoku taiheiki emaki kandai ichi, ni, roku, nana, jyu

Illustrated Handscrolls of the Taiheiki (Colored Painting on Paper), Vols. 1, 2, 6, 7, and 10
紙本着色太平記絵巻 巻第一、二、六、七、十

No. of features:

5 scrolls

Designated:

March 19, 1996

Location:

Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (opens to new page)

4-219 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Saitama Prefecture

Description:

These scrolls depict key scenes from the “Taiheki”, a 40-volume epic on the upheaval of the Nanboku-cho period (1336-1392). The illustrated series has 12 scrolls in total. This work is notable for the location of its narrative text. Each illustrated scroll covers between 2-4 volumes of the “Taiheki”, with an average of 20 passages. The text does not alternate with the illustrations but is instead written in blank spaces within the image, such as in stretches of mist or the roofs of houses. 

It is presumed that the painter was Kaiho Yusetsu, an artist active during the early Edo period (1598-1677).

Associated Texts:

(1999). “Survey Report on Saitama Prefecture’s Designated Cultural Properties” (vol. 21). Saitama Prefectural Board of Education.

(2005). “Survey Report on Saitama Prefecture’s Designated Cultural Properties” (vol. 23). Saitama Prefectural Board of Education.

Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property. This cultural property’s availability may vary; for details, please contact the Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/011/002/p000160.html