Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba

Samurai Suenaga defends himself against the Mongols, who attack him with arrows and bombs, second version

Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba ( Japanese 蒙古 襲来 絵 詞 , German about: "Illustrated history of the Mongol invasion ", also: Takezaki Suenaga Ekotoba ( 竹崎 季 長 絵 詞 )) refers to two illustrated scrolls ( emakimono ) that were made in the Kamakura period , between 1275 and 1293, originated in Japan . The author of the scrolls is unknown, but they were commissioned by Takezaki Suenaga , a samurai from Higo province , to immortalize his achievements and successes during the Mongol invasions in Japan .

overview

The pictures show scenes of the fighting between the invading armies of the Mongols and the defenders on land and at sea. Some scenes are commented on by texts. There are several versions of the scrolls: the original from the 13th century , a copy from the 18th century , a copy drawn by Fukuda Taika from the 19th century , and a reconstruction from the 21st century . The original from the 13th century is currently kept in the "Museum of the Imperial Collections" of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in the Chiyoda district .

Illustrations

Reproduction of the Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba from the 13th century.

Front part 1: Bun'ei no yaku text section 1 to 4, picture 1 to 7

Front part 2: Bun'ei no yaku text section 5, picture 5 to 8

Front part 3: Kamakura text section 6 to 9, picture 9 and 10

Back part 1: Kōan text section 10, pictures 11 and 12

Back of part 2: Kōan text sections 11 to 13, images 12 to 17

Back of part 3: Kōan text section 13 to 16, picture 18 to 21

Details

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  Japanese cavalry, Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba (13th century)

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  Japanese defender, Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba (13th century)

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  Japanese warships, Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba (13th century)

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  Mongol fighters, second version (19th century)

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  Mongolian warships, second version (19th century)

See also

• Battle of Bun'ei
• Battle of Koan

literature

• Hideo Okudaira: Narrative picture scrolls (=  Arts of Japan . No. 5 ). Weatherhill, 1973, ISBN 978-0-8348-2710-3 (English).
• Thomas Conlan: In little need of divine intervention: Takezaki Suenaga's scrolls of the Mongol invasions of Japan (=  Cornell East Asia series . No. 113 ). Cornell University, 2001, ISBN 978-1-885445-13-1 (English).
• Ichimatsu Tanaka: Heiji monogatari emaki, Mōko shūrai ekotoba (=  Nihon emakimono zenshū . No. 9 ). Kadokawa Shoten, 1964 (Japanese).
• Shigemi Komatsu: 蒙古 襲来 絵 詞 (Mōko shūrai ekotoba) (=  Nihon emaki taisei . No. 14 ). Chuokoron-Shinsha, 1978 (Japanese).

Web links

Commons : Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mongol invasions in Japan - digital copies of the original from the 13th century and copies from the 18th, 19th and 21st centuries. With introduction, comments and English translations. Bowdoin College Museum of Art (English)
• Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba ( 蒙古 襲来 絵 詞 ) - High resolution digitized version of the 18th century scroll. Kyushu University digital archives
• 蒙古 襲来 絵 詞 . Imperial Household Aganecy,accessed January 4, 2017(Japanese). 
• Jie Yang: 蒙 音 読 ・ 蒙古 襲来 絵 詞 , Narration: A Scroll of the Mongol Invasions. University of Calgary, accessed January 4, 2017 (Japanese). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 蒙古 襲来 絵 詞 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved January 4, 2017 (Japanese).