Choju-jinbutsu-giga Qilin iPhone case

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Choju-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画)

Choju-Jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画) / Choju-giga (鳥獣戯画) is famous set of four picture scrolls (1st scroll: 甲巻, 2nd scroll: 乙巻, 3rd scroll: 丙巻, 4th scroll: 丁巻) belonging to Kozoan-ji temple (高山寺) in Kyoto, Japan.
 
KOZANJI temple

KOZANJI temple


 
Choju-jinbutsu-giga is considered as origin of Manga comic in Japan because of its reading style of right-to-left reading direction.
 
It is not certain when this pictures scrolls Choju-jinbutsu-giga was offered to Kozan-ji. However it is sure Kozan-ji was best place for Choju-jibutsu-giga to have been offered because the place is rich in nature and many small animals are living there even now.
 

SUMO wrestling (相撲)

SUMO wrestling (Choju-jinbutsu-giga)

SUMO wrestling
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This frog picture is a part of 1st scroll (甲巻).
In 1st scroll of Choju-jinbutsu-giga, there are anthropomorphic rabbits, frogs and monkeys who playing SUMO wrestling, swimming and etc.
This frog roars as he wins in SUMO wrestling with rabbit.

 

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