Manuscript with autographs. All original. and The eight scenes of Lake Biwa; original pictures by Yamamoto Soken.
Alternative Title:
Omi hakkei emaki, Ōmi hakkei waka emaki, Ōmihakkei, and 近江八景, 元禄4-6 [1691-1693] / 山本素軒.
Description:
"The eight scenes of Lake Biwa: original pictures by Yamamoto Soken ; verses composed and written by the tonsured prince Sonshō and seven high courtiers. Done in 1691-93." (K. Asakawa. "Gifts of the Yale Association of Japan," 1945)., In Japanese., Includes wooden box with Japanese characters and cloth tie., Scroll: 28.2 x 611.5 cm. One roll in a wooden case., Title from box cover., and Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: Aa6.
Subject (Geographic):
Biwa Lake (Japan) in art, Biwa Lake (Japan)--Pictorial works, and Shiga-Ken (Japan) in art
Subject (Name):
Yamamoto, Soken and 山本素軒
Subject (Topic):
Japanese manuscripts, Japanese poetry--Edo period, 1600-1868, Landscape painting, Japanese, Painting, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868, and Yale Association of Japan Collection
Illuminations: 1. Guardian angel (possibly Gabriel or Michael) with sword and scabbard, in black, red, green, and blue. The lower garment of the angel is of checkerboard of black, red, and white. The calves are alternating stripes in red and green. The shoes have toes that curl. 2. Talismanic symbol in the shape of a Roman cross, with face in center, in blue, red, and black. and Manuscript in an unidentified hand. Lines 1-44, Asmat prayer against charm, ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ መፍትሔ፡ ሥራይ፡; lines 44-81, Asmat prayer against charm, ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ መፍትሔ፡ ሥራይ፡; lines 82-141, Asmat prayer against charm, ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ መፍትሔ፡ ሥራይ፡; lines 141-169, Asmat prayer against fever or diarrhea, ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ፍፀ[ን]ት; lines 170-188, Asmat prayer for the binding of demons, ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ማእሠረ፡ አጋንንት፡; lines 188-197, Prayer against the suffering of [the demon] Buda, ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ሕማመ፡ ቡደ, illegible at the end.
Description:
Copied for Aksala Maryam, primary owner. A secondary hand has added the name Walatta Gabra'el., In Geʻez., Probably missing a third strip of parchment that would have carried final prayers and a third illumination., and Scroll on parchment, one column, single-line borders, rubricated for the start of new prayers and for the names of the saints and for the name(s) of the owner(s).
Subject (Topic):
Ethiopic manuscripts. and Healing--Religious aspects--Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
Illuminated plaque on paper with calligraphy and decorative elements. Includes four liturgical poems for Purim customary among Kurdish Jews, verses from the Book of Esther, and the blessings recited before and after the reading of the Megillah.
Description:
Imperfect: mutilated with loss of text and illustration. and Verso blank.
