Tales of the Twelve Battles - Tales of the Twelve Battles

Japanese: 十二類合戦物語 - じゅうにるいかっせんものがたり

Otogi-zoshi. Illustrated scroll, 3 volumes. Also known as the "Twelve Gods Picture," "Twelve Categories," and "Twelve Battles Picture," many copies of this scroll have been handed down, including variants produced in the early modern period. It is not just a variant, but a masterpiece of an illustrated scroll. An article on the "Twelve Gods Picture" that was in the Shogun's household appears again in the "Kanmon Nikki" (June 8, 1438, Eikyou 10, April 4, 1441), and the "Three Volumes of the Twelve Categories" appears in the "Setsutsuna Goki" (September 6, 1449, Hōtoku 1). In recent years, the back of the paper of "Kokawa-dera Engi" by Go-Sukō-in (Fushiminomiya Family Documents, copied in 1452 (Kyōtoku 1)) has been found to contain inscriptions such as the beginning of the scroll, which had previously been missing, and the background and date of the production of this elegant Tosa school illustrated scroll have become almost clear.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

御伽草子。絵巻，3巻。〈十二神絵〉〈十二類之絵〉〈十二類合戦絵〉とも呼ばれ，近世になって制作された異本をも含め，多くの模写絵巻が伝存する。異類物にとどまらず絵巻の代表作。《看聞日記》に将軍家にあった〈十二神絵〉の記事が再度見え(永享10年(1438)6月8日条，嘉吉1年(1441)4月4日条)，《接綱御記》宝徳1年(1449)9月6日条に〈十二類絵三巻〉と見える。近年，後崇光院筆《粉河寺縁起》の紙背(伏見宮家文書，1452年(享徳1)写)に，従来欠けていた巻頭部などが書き記されているのが見いだされ，この格調高い土佐派の絵巻の制作の背景や年代がほぼ明らかとなった。

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