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- Kingdoms period (220–280), the handscroll became a standard format for paintings. New styles were developed over time. Handscrolls were introduced to ****an...
- Nine Dragons (九龍圖卷; Jiǔlóngtú juǎn) is a handscroll painting by Chinese artist Chen Rong. Painted in 1244, it depicts the apparitions of dragons soaring...
- woodblock print format. While rare, there are also extant erotic painted handscrolls which predate ukiyo-e. Translated literally, the ****anese word shunga...
- pictures are often on scrolls that can be hung on a wall (kakemono), handscrolls (emakimono) that are read from right to left, or on a folding screen...
- 12th-century illustrated handscroll of The Tale of Genji, a National Treasure...
- unsubstantiated facts surrounding both his work and his connection to the handscrolls make definitive claims near impossible. Art historian Ikeda Shinobu of...
- exhibit East Asian painting and calligraphy. They are different from handscrolls, which are narrower and designed to be viewed flat on a table. Hanging...
- painting of Minamoto no Yoritomo, first Shogun of ****an, (14th century AD) Handscroll silk painting called 'Fascination of Nature' by Xie Chufang depicting...
- The Jigoku-zoshi ("Handscrolls of Buddhist ****") is a late 12th-century ****anese scroll (emakimono, 絵巻物), depicting the 8 great **** and the 16 lesser...
- pla**** in the presence of the shōgun. Detail from a ****anese illustrated handscroll of The Tale of Genji. Heian period, 12th century CE. A Korean couple playing...