Monthly Picture - Tsukinamie

Japanese: 月次絵 - つきなみえ

A series of paintings in which themes such as events, customs, and natural changes from the 12 months of the year are selected and arranged in the order of the months. They are often arranged on each fan or side of a folding screen or shoji screen. In the mid-Heian period (late 9th century to 10th century), folding screen and shoji paintings depicting Japanese landscapes and customs became popular in conjunction with waka poetry. Tsuki-no-e was the most important subject, and poems about the theme of each picture were written on shikishi-gata paper within the painting. The abundant subjects of Tsuki-no-e can be seen from the waka poems and legends included in contemporary poetry anthologies such as imperial anthologies and private anthologies. It is often used synonymously with Shiki-e.

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Japanese:

1年 12ヵ月の行事や風俗，自然の推移などを画題として選び出し，月の順に並べ描いた連作。屏風や障子の各扇，各面に配されることが多い。平安時代中期 (9世紀末～10世紀) に日本の風景，風俗を描く屏風障子絵が和歌と結びついて流行したが，月次絵はその最も重要な画題であり，各画面の主題を詠んだ歌が画中の色紙形に書き添えられていた。勅撰集や私家集など同時代の歌集に収録された和歌や詞書から，豊富な月次絵の画題を知ることができる。四季絵と同義に用いられることが多い。

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