Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga
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Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga, commonly shortened to Chōjū-giga, is a famous set of four picture scrolls, or emakimono, belonging to Kōzan-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan. The Chōjū-giga scrolls are also referred to
Animals wrestling on the first scroll of Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga
Panel from the first scroll, a monkey thief runs from animals with long sticks
Panel from the 3rd scroll, picturing two people jokingly playing tug-a-war with their heads
Fragment from the fourth scroll, a man gets defeated in a wrestling match. Separated from the original at some point. Miho Museum
Shigisan Engi Emaki
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The Shigisan Engi Emaki is an emakimono or emaki made in the second half of the 12th century CE, during the Heian period of Japanese history. It is an illuminated manuscript detailing miracles attribu
Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga
…Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga is sometimes credited as the first manga, there have been some disputes with the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper. Seiki Hosokibara pointed to the Shigisan-engi scrolls as the first manga, and Kanta Ishida explained that the scrolls should be treated as masterpieces in their own right. The Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga…
Detail of the "flying granary" scene
Detail of the first scroll: a rich farmer implores Myōren's forgiveness.
The Chōgosonshi-ji temple on Mount Shigi
Detail from the first scroll: Myōren orders his visitors to put a bag of rice in his bowl