Scrolls of Choju Giga ("Frolicking Animals") and Kosan-ji Temple in Modern Times, The Meiji-era Survey and Records of Cultural Properties
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Gate of the Nio Guardian Figures, Kosan-jiPhotograph taken during the Jinshin Survey (detail), By Yokoyama Matsusaburo, Dated 1872, (Important Cultural Property)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room T1
April 28, 2015 (Tue) - June 7, 2015 (Sun)Through the records from the Jinshin Survey, as well as materials such as copies and photographs produced after the survey, this exhibition aims to trace the circumstances of the Choju giga scrolls and Kosan-ji Temple in modern times. As shown in this exhibition, the contents of the Choju giga scrolls were recorded in two ways: by copying, which was the conventional way, and through photography, a new method. This is probably one of the earliest cases in which cultural properties were recorded through photography in addition to copying. All scenes from the first scroll are revealed on this occasion through its meticulously detailed copy created in the Meiji era.
Current exhibit includes:
Choju Giga ("Frolicking Animals"), Vol. 1 (Copy), Copied by Yamazaki Kunzen, Meiji era, 19th century
Jinshin Survey Catalogue of Valuable Objects at Temples and Shrines, Vol. 6, Dated 1872, (Important Cultural Property)
Gate of the Nio Guardian Figures, Kosan-jiPhotograph taken during the Jinshin Survey, By Yokoyama Matsusaburo, Dated 1872, (Important Cultural Property)
Choju Giga ("Frolicking Animals"), Vol. 2 (Copy), Copied by Yamazaki Kunzen, Meiji era, 19th century
Choju Giga ("Frolicking Animals"), Vol. 3 (Copy), Copied by Yamazaki Kunzen, Meiji era, 19th century
Choju Giga ("Frolicking Animals"), Vol. 4 (Copy), Copied by Yamazaki Kunzen, Meiji era, 19th century