The root of Jesse - Esaine

Japanese: エッサイの根 - えっさいのね
The root of Jesse - Esaine

...He is often mentioned in relation to the story of David. Images of Jesse appear in illustrations of manuscripts of the Gospel of David, but in medieval art, the image of the "Root (Tree) of Jesse," which is said to have been popularized by the Abbot of Saint-Denis, Suger, is particularly well known. This theme, which shows that Christ's genealogy originates from Jesse through David, is found in the descriptions of Isaiah Chapter 11 and the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew, and is depicted in the form of a tree growing from the body of Jesse lying down, with Christ's ancestors among its branches and Christ himself at the top (stained glass at Chartres Cathedral, 12th century). ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "the root of Jesse" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ダビデの記事とともに語られることが多い。エッサイの図像はダビデ伝の写本挿絵などにも登場するが,特に中世美術ではサン・ドニ修道院長シュジェールが流布させたといわれる〈エッサイの根(樹)〉という図像が知られる。これは《イザヤ書》11章,《マタイによる福音書》冒頭などの記述により,キリストの系図がダビデを通じエッサイに由来することを示す主題で,横たわるエッサイの身体から木がはえ,その枝の間にキリストの先祖たちが,頂上にキリストが描かれる表現(シャルトル大聖堂ステンド・グラス,12世紀)などがある。…

※「エッサイの根」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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