Choju Giga - Choju Giga

Japanese: 鳥獣戯画 - ちょうじゅうぎが

A picture scroll from the late Heian to the early Kamakura period. It consists of four volumes, A, B, C, and D. It is owned by Kozan-ji Temple in Kyoto. It is a white painting using only skillful ink lines, some thick and some thin. Volume 1 is a masterpiece that depicts small animals playing like people. Volume 2 is a pictorial depiction of animals' ecology, and is second only to Volume 1 in quality. Volume 3 depicts people playing a game in the first half, and the second half has the same theme as Volume 1, but the brushwork and quality are inferior. Volume 4 has a similar theme to the first half of Volume 3, but is more roughly and exaggeratedly humorous. It is said to be the work of Toba Sojo (Kakuyu), but there is no certainty. Not all volumes are drawn by the same hand, and there is a considerable range in the techniques and production dates, so it is thought that they were drawn by a painter associated with a temple, using the line drawing skills he had acquired while transferring Buddhist iconography.
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Japanese:

平安後期〜鎌倉初期の絵巻。甲乙丙丁の４巻よりなる。京都高山寺蔵。肥痩(ひそう)ある達者な墨線のみによる白描画で，第１巻は小動物が人のように遊び興ずるさまを描く秀作。第２巻は動物の画稿的な生態描写で第１巻に次ぐ品格をもつ。第３巻は人びとが勝負事に興ずるさまを前半に，第１巻と同じテーマを後半に描くが筆力，品格ともに落ち，第４巻は第３巻前半に似たテーマで一層あらく誇張多い戯筆。鳥羽僧正（覚猷(かくゆう)）作と伝えられるが確証はない。全巻同筆でなく技法も制作年代もかなりの幅があり，寺院関係の画家が仏教図像転写作業によって習得した線描力により描きつづったものと考えられている。
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