Furoshiki Japanese Rope Cloth – JChoju jinbutsu giga Reversible | Diagonal picture series Burgundy/Green

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Furoshiki Japanese Rope Cloth – JChoju jinbutsu giga Reversible | Diagonal picture series Burgundy/Green

Each panel tells its own story like a little picture book.

As a representative of Cool Japan in recent years, Japanese comics have also attracted attention abroad and a genre has been established beyond the subculture.
Figure caricatures of birds and animals are said to be the father of cartoons.
It attracts attention because of its rich portrayal and skill with expressive lines.
Anthropomorphized rabbits, monkeys and frogs as if they were incarnations from back then.
The animals jump out of the cloth even after 800 years, breathing out the old times.

National treasure Choju-jinbutsu-giga takes the form of a picture book;

printed in black ink; it is currently stored in the Kozan-ji-temple in Kyoto. The content depicts animals and humans together and shows the society of that time.
The current configuration consists of 4 volumes called A, B, C, D. The most famous panel is the story told by playful anthropomorphized rabbits, frogs, monkeys, etc.
They engage in water games, gambling, sumo wrestling, legal proceedings, quarrels and other curious scenes.
The theory is that the artist used these drawings to satirize human behavior and contemporary social mores at the time.

• Size: 104 x 104 cm (40.9″ x 40.9″).
• Weight : 190 g.
• Material : 100% Cotton.
• Made in Japan.