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Court Ceremony Scene
Court Ceremony Scene

Court Ceremony Scene

This handscroll painting (12th–13th c.) belongs to the emakitradition, narrative scrolls combining text and image to record events or rituals. Here two noblemen in layered robes sit with fans, their rank marked by costume and posture. Before them, ritual fires and ceremonial objects suggest a courtly observance. Emaki captured the hierarchy, pageantry, and refined aesthetics of Japan’s classical aristocracy.
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