Section of the Dream Diary (Yume no ki). Artist: Myoe Koben (Japanese, 1173-1232). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 13 1/4 x 21 5/8 in. (33.7 x 54.9 cm)Overall with mounting: 48 x 27 in. (121.9 x 68.6 cm)Overall with knobs: 48 x 29 1/8 in. (121.9 x 74 cm). Date: dated 1225.This long text is written in Chinese characters mixed with Japanese syllables, called katakana for their inflected verb endings. Katakana originally functioned as a mnemonic device used primarily by monks, but it became a popular form of writing among both scholars and monks of the Kamakura and later periods.This lengthy fragment of Myoe's Dream Record (Yume no ki) bears an uncharacteristically complete date: the sixteenth day of the eighth month of 1225. On this day three tutelary shrines were to be dedicated at Myoe's temple, Kozanji, but the ceremonies were held up by a typhoon. The first ten lines describe the actual events, while the remaining eleven record Myoe's dreams of that night. On the day of the ce

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Section of the Dream Diary (Yume no ki). Artist: Myoe Koben (Japanese, 1173-1232). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 13 1/4 x 21 5/8 in. (33.7 x 54.9 cm)Overall with mounting: 48 x 27 in. (121.9 x 68.6 cm)Overall with knobs: 48 x 29 1/8 in. (121.9 x 74 cm). Date: dated 1225.This long text is written in Chinese characters mixed with Japanese syllables, called katakana for their inflected verb endings. Katakana originally functioned as a mnemonic device used primarily by monks, but it became a popular form of writing among both scholars and monks of the Kamakura and later periods.This lengthy fragment of Myoe's Dream Record (Yume no ki) bears an uncharacteristically complete date: the sixteenth day of the eighth month of 1225. On this day three tutelary shrines were to be dedicated at Myoe's temple, Kozanji, but the ceremonies were held up by a typhoon. The first ten lines describe the actual events, while the remaining eleven record Myoe's dreams of that night. On the day of the ce

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