Annual Events Picture Scroll - Nenjuugyoujiemaki

Picture scrolls. These are pictures of annual events, such as court ceremonies, festivals, Buddhist services, and religious customs of the people during the Heian period. At the end of the Heian period, Emperor Goshirakawa commissioned the production of over 60 volumes of picture scrolls, mainly by Tokiwa Mitsunaga, and had Fujiwara Motofusa proofread them, placing them in the treasure house of Rengeoin (Sanjusangendo) and passing them down to posterity. The originals were gradually scattered, and those that remained were burned down several times during the Edo period in fires at the Imperial Palace. Currently, copies made before they were lost are known and are kept by the Tanaka family and others. This includes 16 volumes of Hakubyo copies made by Tosa Hiromichi (Sumiyoshi Jokei) of the originals kept at the Imperial Court around 1661 (Kanbun 1), and conveys designs from 24 or 25 volumes in total. Although they are modern copies, they are extremely valuable as documents on the customs and customs of the Heian period.

[Yasushi Murashige]

"Fukuyama Toshio (ed.), "Newly Revised Complete Collection of Japanese Picture Scrolls 24, Picture Scrolls of Annual Events" (1978, Kadokawa Shoten)" ▽ "Komatsu Shigemi (ed.), "Complete Collection of Japanese Picture Scrolls 8, Picture Scrolls of Annual Events" (1977, Chuokoron-Shinsha)"

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絵巻。平安時代における宮中の儀式や、祭事、法会(ほうえ)、民間の宗教上の風俗など、年中の行事を集めて描いたもの。平安末期に後白河(ごしらかわ)法皇が六十巻余に及ぶ絵巻を常盤光長(ときわみつなが)を中心に制作させ、藤原基房(もとふさ)に校閲させて蓮華(れんげ)王院（三十三間堂）の宝蔵に収め後世に伝えた。この原本はしだいに散逸し、残ったものも江戸時代に幾たびかの内裏(だいり)の炎上で焼失した。現在は失う前に模した模本が伝わり、田中家その他に分蔵される。これは、1661年（寛文1）ごろ、宮中にあった原本を土佐広通(ひろみち)（住吉如慶(じょけい)）が写した白描(はくびょう)模写十六巻をはじめとしたもので、二十四、五巻分の図様を伝えている。近世の模写とはいえ、平安時代の風俗資料としてきわめて高い価値を有する。

［村重　寧］

『福山敏男編『新修日本絵巻物全集24　年中行事絵巻』（1978・角川書店）』▽『小松茂美編『日本絵巻大成8　年中行事絵巻』（1977・中央公論社）』

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