Treasures of Daigo Temple (The Shoto Museum of Art)

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After renewed, are planning one after another attractive exhibitions, Shibuya Shoto Museum of.

This time, Daigo-ji Temple, astringent and content that.

Daigo-ji Temple was built in the Heian period, the temple of esoteric system.

Kukai autograph of large Nikkei Kaidai. Kukai, text that covers large Nikkei. Speaking of Kukai, is but one of the Sanpitsu, in this book, than the book itself, it seems to focus on the content, how to write, so Tappitsu, and received no impression.

It is in it, was an interesting content.

Centerpiece of this exhibition is currently past picture causal through national treasure. Full-length ranging also 15 meters, were all on display.

During the Heian Period, Buddha's previous life, depicting the conduct of in this world, picture scrolls to be the oldest in Japan.

Picture is drawn at the top, the sentence has been drawn down, and the general picture scroll is it is a little different configurations.

Picture, when viewed from the current point of view, it is a somewhat amateurish, come to feel also likely to draw to yourself.

Picture scroll of the highlights, for the Buddha to continue the training intently, many of the monsters in the way, scene of so-called Goma.

Demon is, really cute, and loosely drawn have been like character, I smiled.

Even if they are disturbed the training in so cute demon, Buddha, must hurt there was no itchy also.

Daigo-ji Temple is also famous Grand Tea Ceremony of Hideyoshi Toyotomi.

In addition to the letter as its Hideyoshi Kanpaku, Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu of the letter was also on display.

Opportunity to eye this three of the letter at a time, would not much.

Although it may be due to the contents of the letter, is the book of Ieyasu, most good feeling. Nobunaga, write a letter the configuration was firmly of really strokes.

Hideyoshi, addressed to his wife, but a strong impression of the book, such as a scribble hiragana, here, official documents around the kanji.

In a sense, I felt the book was not just like Hideyoshi wrote.