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... scroll form . The only surviving specimen from the Heian period is the Genji monogatari emaki ( “ Illustrated Tale of Genji " ) made at the beginning of the 12th century . Originally a set of scrolls , it was subsequently cut into ...
... scroll form . The only surviving specimen from the Heian period is the Genji monogatari emaki ( “ Illustrated Tale of Genji " ) made at the beginning of the 12th century . Originally a set of scrolls , it was subsequently cut into ...
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Scrolls illus- trating literary works Cultural influence of Zen Buddhism Zen gardens Temple art collec-. ors , " hand - copied from a lost original , and the scroll of " Portraits of Sesshō and Kampaku , " also copied from a lost ...
Scrolls illus- trating literary works Cultural influence of Zen Buddhism Zen gardens Temple art collec-. ors , " hand - copied from a lost original , and the scroll of " Portraits of Sesshō and Kampaku , " also copied from a lost ...
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... scroll survived into pre - Ro- manesque times as the Exultet Roll that was read at Eastertide from the pulpit - with the peculiarity that the illustrations were upside down in relation to the text , so that they might be appreciated by ...
... scroll survived into pre - Ro- manesque times as the Exultet Roll that was read at Eastertide from the pulpit - with the peculiarity that the illustrations were upside down in relation to the text , so that they might be appreciated by ...
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