{"id":409,"date":"2019-08-07T17:20:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T17:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/?p=409"},"modified":"2019-08-07T17:23:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T17:23:33","slug":"ban-dainagon-ekotob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/2019\/08\/07\/ban-dainagon-ekotob\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban Dainagon Ekotob : a premium replica of the late 12th-century Japanese emakimono (picture scroll)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-410 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/files\/2019\/08\/series_sld_img_06.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"822\" height=\"332\" \/>The Library has just purchased a beautiful reproduction of a late 12th-century Japanese emakimono <span class=\"st\">(\u7d75\u5dfb)<\/span> &#8211; a set of 3 illustrated narrative picture scrolls called <em><strong>Ban Dainagon Ekotob<\/strong><\/em> (<span lang=\"ja\">\u4f34\u5927\u7d0d\u8a00\u7d75\u8a5e<\/span> <i>The Tale of Great Minister Ban<\/i>). The full-colour painting depicts the events of the <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"\u014ctemmon Conspiracy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C5%8Ctemmon_Conspiracy\">\u014ctemmon Conspiracy<\/a>, an event of Japan&#8217;s early <a title=\"Heian period\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heian_period\">Heian period<\/a>. The painting, attributed to <a class=\"new\" title=\"Tokiwa Mitsunaga (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Tokiwa_Mitsunaga&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Tokiwa Mitsunaga<\/a>, is over 20 m (66 ft) long and about 31.5 cm (12.4 in) tall. The original art work is considered to be <span dir=\"auto\">Kokuho\u0304 (\u570b\u5bf6, or a Japanese national treasure) among six such rare and invaluable picture scrolls. Information about their replica can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toppan-f.co.jp\/culture\/product\/bunkazai.html\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The reproduction was published by Chikuma shobo (\u7b51\u6469\u66f8\u623f) in 1971-1974 in a limited edition of 1000 copies. Our Library copy<span dir=\"auto\"> has the set number &#8217;84&#8217;. The 3 hand-scrolls are placed individually in 3 wooden cases, each accompanied with a booklet. The set has been catalogued for the Centre for Research Collections. See the bibliographic record in DiscoverEd <a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1njkql8\/44UOE_ALMA21207430570002466\">here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The material has been purchased in response to needs for a Japanese Studies course called &#8220;Supernatural Japan: doing Japanology through Yokai&#8221;. As the course takes a &#8216;learning by doing&#8217; approach, allowing students to experience Yokai in art, literature to discover the historical and cultural value of Yokai in Japanese society, this set of 3 hand-scrolls will give a rare opportunity of authentic reading experience for students of Japanese Studies or anyone interested in Japanese art, history and culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Library has just purchased a beautiful reproduction of a late 12th-century Japanese emakimono (\u7d75\u5dfb) &#8211; a set of 3 illustrated narrative picture scrolls called Ban Dainagon Ekotob (\u4f34\u5927\u7d0d\u8a00\u7d75\u8a5e The Tale of Great Minister Ban). The full-colour painting depicts the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/2019\/08\/07\/ban-dainagon-ekotob\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[3,24],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NSNe-6B","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/llclibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}