Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga
Toba Sōjō
Toba Sōjō
Japan · 1053–1140
Kakuyū (覚猷), also known as Toba Sōjō (鳥羽 僧正; Bishop of Toba) in his priesthood, was a Japanese artist-monk, and the son of Minamoto no Takakuni. == Biography == Kakuyū was a high priest of Tendai Buddhism. He was advanced to sōjō (僧正; "bishop") in 1132 and then dai-sōjō (大僧正; "archbishop") in 1134. In 1138, he became the 48th zasu (座主; "head priest") (the chief of the Tendai school). He is commonly known as Toba Sōjō, because he lived in Shō-kongō'in (証金剛院), a temple funded by the imperial family and located at Toba, Kyoto.
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Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga
Toba Sōjō
Tokyo National Museum
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Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga
Toba Sōjō
Tokyo National Museum
Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画; literally "Animal-person Caricatures"), commonly shortened to Chōjū-giga (鳥獣戯画; literally "Animal Caricatures"), 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 as Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans in English. Some think that Toba Sōjō created the scrolls; however, it seems clear from the style that more than one artist is involved.
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