Horyu-ji Temple donation treasure lecture surface, Tokyo National Museum

Of Horyu-ji Temple dedication treasure, it is an exhibition focusing on the Kaburagi aspect from the Asuka period to the Nara period.

Horyuji dedicated more than 300 precious Temple treasures to the Imperial family in 1878 (Meiji 11), and was awarded 10,000 yen. With this aid from the Imperial Family it was decided to maintain the cathedrals and dango since the 7th century. The treasure donated to the imperial family was temporarily transferred to Shosoin and was then stored in the Imperial Museum in 1882 (Meiji 15) as “Horyuji Temple dedication gift” (Collection of the Imperial Family). After the war, when the Tokyo Imperial Museum under the jurisdiction of the Miyauchi province became a national museum, all four were returned to Horyuji and all 10 treasures left in the court were stored in the National Museum. After that, some of the treasures left in the temple were transferred to the country, and these nearly 320 treasures are now stored in the Tokyo National Museum Horyuji Treasury. (The famous “Prince Shotoku and Prince Two Prince” and “Hoshua Yoshiko” etc are still owned by the Imperial family)

The Kabutaruma (Gigakkin) is a mask used for Kagura, a masked dance drama played in ancient Japan. It has a historical significance as a surface belonging to the world’s oldest. Recently, there are also Kabitsuri faces that were restored for use in Shin Kagaku.

Ghible music was a masquerade drama that was transmitted from Japan to Kure (Gangnam Province of China), and it was a pantomime (silent drama) accompanied by a comical work. Regarding its origin, it was founded in the west area (Central Asia) from the viewpoint that the Aryan-based elements are more visible than the Chinese in the ethnic characteristics of the mask used, and was completed in the Gangnam region of China through the Silk Road It is estimated to be.

Baekjin people taste Mr. Takayuki Buraku Naturalization, Noriko, “Learning from Kure and getting dance of Kyuregaku”, ie Mr. Sakurai et al. At the very least I will collect a boy (strawhabe) and learn the dance of the Ghibli music (since the naturalizer from Baekje, a naturalized taste Mr. Miyuki says that he learned the dance of the Ghibli music in Kure (southern China) We gathered boys and girls in Sakurai and learned dance of Kikuraku)

In the first year of Zakuji (686 years) in the “Shogun” (686 years) In the Tsukushi-ima stadium, “To the silla’s guests (Arau Tora), because of the tomato (Ah) Tamaji, carry the lectry of Kawaharaji to Chikushi “(In order to entertain guests from Silla, we brought Kaburagura (Mai, Costumes, Musical Instruments, etc) of Kawaharaji to the Tsukushi), and it can be seen that at this time, the ascension was playing at Kawaharaji Temple of Asuka .

Since the Gigaku declined and abolished during the Heian era, details of the work and the story are unknown. According to “Lessons learned” Kama Karasuma who was a musician of Kofukuji in the first year of Tenfuku (1232), she exposed her teeth and Kunlun, who is like a beast, It was a funny muscle, thoughtful, but being driven away by a sumo wrestler.

There are wood sculpture and dry lacquer (Azabu is put on a mold, layered with lacquer and overlaid with lacquer to make a foundation), and the wood sculpture is mainly made of camphor tree and the Nara era is made using the Kiri. The Kabuto surface was wrapped entirely from the head, unlike the form just covering the face seen in Noh masks and the like. This feature pointed out the commonality with the mask of the Greek tragedy, and the theory that Ghibli music is transmitted in Greece was also accepted, but details are unknown.

Regarding the used pigment, the Imperial Household Agency conducted X-ray inspection and electron microscope observation on the 26 surfaces of Shosoin in Shosoin from 1983, and many of these calcium carbonate pigments are made from shells In addition to being clarified, it is also clear that the same white pigment was used for treasures other than the other lecture halls in the Shosoin Treasures.

It is said that the Kabuto surface is excellent in shaping as well, and some Buddhist do. In a seemingly impressed reception of a fictitious animal and a feeling that it conveyed the expression of foreigners at the time.

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