Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画, literally "Animal-person Caricatures"), commonly shortened to Chōjū-giga (鳥獣戯画, literally "Animal Caricatures"), is a famous set of four picture scrolls, or emakimono, belonging to Kōzan-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan.

2022年2月6日 · The Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画 – Scrolls of Frolicking Animals) Chōjū-giga (鳥獣戯画) are a group of 4 emakimono scrolls with varying animal and human depictions, many of the animals having human characteristics.

The Choju-Jinbutsu-Giga (literally "Caricatures of Animals and Humans"), or Choju-Giga for short, is frequently described as the first manga. That makes manga a hoary tradition indeed, since the four ten-meter scrolls that make up the set date back to the 12th and 13th centuries.

Known for its depictions of personified “frolicking animals,” Choju Giga, a National Treasure, is Japan’s most famous set of illustrated scrolls. This exhibition provides a rare opportunity to view Choju Giga in its entirety by bringing together all four scrolls and five fragments, some of which are preserved outside of Japan.

The Choju-jinbutsu-giga, literally "Animal-person caricatures," is an outstanding collection of four scrolls from twelfth and thirteenth-century Japan, and a fine example of art from the Fujiwara period.

Choju-Giga (Choju-Jinbutu-Giga, [Frolicking Animals and People]) consists of four volumes of satirical drawings that have belonged to Kozanji Monastery, Kyoto, since 12 th and 13 th centuries.

2007年12月16日 · The national treasure, "Choju-Giga (Frolicking Animals and People)", known for its lively and humorous depiction of animals, is not only a very popular article for all ages, but also one of Japan's most significant and widely featured traditional piece of art.

…the first scrolls of the Chōjū jinbutsu giga (“Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans”), products of the 12th century (later scrolls are dated to the 13th century), satirize human foibles through the depiction of anthropomorphized animals rendered in …

2024年4月5日 · Created during the tumultuous transition from the Heian to the Kamakura period (late 12th to early 13th century), the Choju-giga, or “Scrolls of Frolicking Animals,” represent a pivotal moment in Japanese art history.

On July 7, Kyoto National Museum, in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, unveiled a part of the National Treasure "Choju-jinbutsu-giga," or Animal-Person Caricatures, restoration of which has just been completed after four years, to the press.