Suwa Daimyojin Paintings - Suwa Daimyojin Paintings

Japanese: 諏方大明神画詞 - すわだいみょうじんえことば

The origins of Suwa Taisha Shrine, the Ichinomiya (first shrine) of Shinano Province. Completed in 1356 (Shohei 11, Enbun 1). 12 volumes. Originally called the Suwa Daimyojin Engi Emaki (Illustrated Scroll of the Origins of Suwa) or Suwa Engi (Illustrated Scroll of the Origins of Suwa), it was a picture scroll, but the paintings were lost early on and only copies of the legends remain. The author was Suwa (Osaka) Enchu (1295-1364). He was from the Osaka family, a branch of the Suwa Kamisha Ohoori clan, and was a magistrate in the Muromachi shogunate. The circumstances of its creation are known from Toin Kinken's En Taireki (En-no-taireki), but it was intended to be a restoration of the lost Suwa Shrine Festival Picture.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

信濃国の一宮であった諏訪大社の縁起。1356年(正平11∥延文1)成立。12巻。もと《諏方大明神縁起絵巻》《諏方縁起》などと称し，絵巻物であったが，絵は早く失われ，詞書の部分のみの写本が伝わっている。著者は諏訪(小坂)円忠(1295‐1364)。諏訪上社大祝（おおほうり）神氏の庶流小坂家の出身で，室町幕府の奉行人であった。成立の事情については洞院公賢の《園太暦》によって知られるが，失われた《諏方社祭絵》の再興を意図したものであった。

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