Tales of Uji Shūi (Uji Shūi monogatari emaki)

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Handscroll painting of the 'Tales of Uji Shūi' (Uji Shūi monogatari emaki), painted in ink, colours and gold on paper in Japan probably during the Kanbun era (1661-1673). A compilation of older stories, the Tales of Uji Shūi are thought to have been completed in the first half of the thirteenth century. This Edo-period (c. 1603-1868) painted handscroll includes text and accompanying illustrations for five of these short stories: 'A miracle by the priest Seikan' (tale number 20), 'A curious incident at Minase Palace in the night' (tale 159), 'A hunter from the east prevents a scarifice' (tale 119), 'A pirate who became a monk' (tale 123) and 'Bodhidharma observes the path of priests in India' (tale 137).