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*''Commissioned: [[1640]], [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]]''
*''Japanese'': 東照大権現縁起 ''(Toushou daigongon engi)''
The ''Tôshô Daigongen engi'', or ''Origin of the Great Avatar that Illuminates the East'', was a set of scrolls commissioned by [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]], to convey a hagiography of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] life and accomplishments, as part of efforts to further expand upon discourses of [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa]] legitimacy.
Its production came on the heels of Iemitsu's commissioning in [[1636]] of another set of scrolls, the ''Tôshôsha engi'' ("Origin of the Shrine that Illuminates the East"). In ''[[kanbun]]'' (Classical Chinese) text composed by the monk [[Tenkai]] and hand-written by Retired [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]], the ''Tôshôsha engi'' described Ieyasu's biography, with particular focus on his dedication to [[Tendai]] Buddhism. This was not well-received, however, by members of the Imperial and Tokugawa courts, leading to Iemitsu's commissioning of this second set, the ''Tôshô Daigongen engi''.
The latter, beautifully illustrated by [[Kano Tanyu|Kanô Tan'yû]] (where the previous set had been text alone, lacking images) and written in a more accessible Japanese, told a more engaging tale of Ieyasu's skill on the battlefield and his rise to greatness, in a context of divinely-endowed destiny, and through comparison to great heroes of classical Chinese legend. These were donated in [[1640]] to the [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]] dedicated four years prior.
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==References==
*Morgan Pitelka, ''Spectacular Accumulation'', University of Hawaii Press (2016), 157-158.
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[[Category:Historical Documents]]
*''Japanese'': 東照大権現縁起 ''(Toushou daigongon engi)''
The ''Tôshô Daigongen engi'', or ''Origin of the Great Avatar that Illuminates the East'', was a set of scrolls commissioned by [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]], to convey a hagiography of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Tokugawa Ieyasu's]] life and accomplishments, as part of efforts to further expand upon discourses of [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa]] legitimacy.
Its production came on the heels of Iemitsu's commissioning in [[1636]] of another set of scrolls, the ''Tôshôsha engi'' ("Origin of the Shrine that Illuminates the East"). In ''[[kanbun]]'' (Classical Chinese) text composed by the monk [[Tenkai]] and hand-written by Retired [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]], the ''Tôshôsha engi'' described Ieyasu's biography, with particular focus on his dedication to [[Tendai]] Buddhism. This was not well-received, however, by members of the Imperial and Tokugawa courts, leading to Iemitsu's commissioning of this second set, the ''Tôshô Daigongen engi''.
The latter, beautifully illustrated by [[Kano Tanyu|Kanô Tan'yû]] (where the previous set had been text alone, lacking images) and written in a more accessible Japanese, told a more engaging tale of Ieyasu's skill on the battlefield and his rise to greatness, in a context of divinely-endowed destiny, and through comparison to great heroes of classical Chinese legend. These were donated in [[1640]] to the [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]] dedicated four years prior.
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==References==
*Morgan Pitelka, ''Spectacular Accumulation'', University of Hawaii Press (2016), 157-158.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
