Toba Sōjō
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Biography
Kakuyū was a high priest of Tendai Buddhism. He was advanced to Script error: No such module "Nihongo". in 1132 and then Script error: No such module "Nihongo". in 1134. In 1138, he became the 48th Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (the chief of the Tendai school). He is commonly known as Toba Sōjō, because he lived in Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., a temple funded by the imperial family and located at Toba, Kyoto.
As an artist
Kakuyū was also an artist proficient in both Buddhist art and satirical cartoon and his work (confirmed to be authentic) includes Fudōmyō'ō-ritsuzō at Daigo-ji, an Important Cultural Property of Japan.[1] Perhaps the most famous one is the picture scroll Chōjū-giga, a National Treasure of Japan and one of the earliest manga—however, this attribution has no proof and may be spurious.[1]
His works are held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art[2] and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.[3]
References
- Kōjien, 6th edition.
- ↑ a b Kokushi Daijiten - Kakuyū
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