Report on the Results of “Systematization of Nonwritten Cultural Materials
for the Study of Human Societies” Kanagawa University 21st Centur y COE Program

Multilingual Version ofPictopedia of Everyday Lifein Medieval Japan
compiled from picture scrolls, vol.1
Multilingual Glossary
Original version compiled by SHIBUSAWA Keizo, Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture, Kanagawa University
Multiligual version translated and edited by Kanagawa University 21st Century COE Program Group 1“Systematization of Illustrated Materials and its Dissemination”

The Kanagawa University 21st Century COE Program Center

Editors
EnglishJohn BOCCELLARIKIM Jeong AhKIMI Yasumichi
MAEDA Yoshihiko
SUZUKI Akira
ChineseCAI Wengao
KoreanKIM Jeong Ah
Caption Translators
EnglishRuth S. McCREERY (overview, 54-63)
NAKAI Maki (1-38, 45-47, 64-98)
ITANI Yoshie (39-44)
Trinh Pompili KHANH (48-53)
Timothy COLEMAN (99-162)
ChineseWANG Jing
PENG Weiwen
KoreanCHUNG Soon Young
The Kanagawa University 21st Century COE ProgramGroup1 “Systematization of Illustrated Materials and Its Dissemination”
John BOCCELLARI (Program Representative)
CAI Wengao (Research Collaborator)
FUKUTA Ajio (Program Representative)
KIKUCHI Isao (Joint Senior Researcher)
KIMI Yasumichi (Joint Senior Researcher)
KIM Jeong Ah (COE Lecturer)
NAKAMURA Hiroko (COE Professor)
NISHI Kazuo (Program Representative)
MAEDA Yoshihiko (Program Representative)
SASAKI Makoto (Joint Senior Researcher)SUZUKI Akira (Research Collaborator)
SUZUKI Yoichi (Program Representative)
TAJIMA Yoshiya (Program Representative)

First Published in 2008
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ISBN 978-4-9903017-5-0

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Explanatory Notes to the Original Edition
Explanatory Notes to the Multilingual Glossaryiiiiii

Senmen koshakyō
1 Uchigi and Kinukazuki
2 Female Travel Attire
3 Laundry
4 Bleached Cloth, Apron
5 Hitoe, Plank Well
6 Washing Hair, Washing Object
7 Well
8 By the Well
9 By the Well
10 By the Well, Thunder
11 Noisemaker
12 Bird Trap13 Chestnut Picking
14 Oxcart
15, 16 Shop
17 Children’s Play
18 Children’s Play
19 Kamisogi
20 Bird Cage
21 God of the Crossroad, Shrine Functionary

3334455666778881011111112Ban Dainagon ekotoba
22 Sleeping Quarters
23 Taka-ashida, Long-handled Umbrella
24 Clothing of Ordinary People
25 Clothing of Ordinary People
26 Clothing of Ordinary People
27 Clothing of Ordinary People
28 Clothing of Ordinary People
29 Clothing of Ordinary People
30 Flint Sack
31 Torch
32 Shouldering, Carrying on One’s Back
33 Man Shouldering Luggage and Hitai-eboshi

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1934 Fight
35 Ways of Sitting
36 Oxherd and Servants
37 Prayer
38 Dogs

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Chōjū giga
39 Large Umbrella, Sedge Hat, and Straw Sandals
40 Woman’s Travel Attire, Round Fan
41 Kazuki, Straw Mat
42 Floor Covering
43 Fruits
44 Sake Pot
45 Sake Pot, Sake Holder
46 Long Chest
47 Buddhist Rosary, Headwear
48 Sugoroku Board
49 Binzasara
50 Crawling, Sitting
51 Cart52 People Pulling a Rope
53 Transporting a Log
54 Go55 Sugoroku
56 Musashi
57 Staring Contest, Loincloth Tug-of-War
58 Ear Tugging, Neck Tugging
59 Bird Cage, Hitai-eboshi
60, 61 Cock Fighting
62 Dengaku
63 Gitchō

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64 Chōja’s Mansion
65 Thatched Roof
66 Open Fireplace
67 Kitchen
68 Argha Shelf
69 Tai

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70 Gate, Well, Washing
71 Partition Screen
72 Hand Spindle
73 Stove, Oil Press
74 Toothblack
75 Child Servant, Portable Urinal
76 Blowing the Nose with One’s Hand
77 Vegetable Garden
78 Picking Greens
79 Drying Rice Plants80 Azekura Structure, Bales of Rice81 Kiso Road
82 Travel
83 Lodgings
84 Hospitality
85 Old People
86 Skin Disease
87 Priest with a Red Nose
88 Dōsojin (Sai no Kami)
89 Rumor
90 Nusa
91 House with a Painted Target
92 Horse

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Gaki zōshi
93 Defecation
94 Childbirth
95 Tombs
96 Tomb
97 Feast
98 Biwa

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Kitano Tenjin engi
99 Kuroki-zukuri House
100 Sleeping Quarters
101 Tatami
102 Headwear
103 Headwear
104 Ryōtō
105 Chihaya
106 Loincloth107 Habaki
108 Habaki
109 Habaki
110 Long-handled Umbrella
111 Chopping Board, Cooking Chopsticks
112 Drinking Party
113 Drinking Party
114 Food on Skewers
115 Well
116 Cypress Wood Fan
117 Seats
118 Brazierii

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119 Palanquin
120 Wooden Bridge
121 Iron Tongs
122 Adze
123 Chisel, Spear Plane
124 Rope Dipped in Ink
125 Winnow
126 Carrying on One’s Head
127 Carrying on One’s Back
128 Carrying by Ox
129 Man Fallen on His Back
130 Fallen Man and Running Man
131 People Fleeing and Carrying Belongings
132 Holding and Carrying on the Back
133 Carrying on One’s Back
134 Bystanders Watching Event
135 Sitting on the Ground
136 Sitting on the Ground and Hanging from Cart Shafts
137 Blowing One’s Nose
138 People Crying
139 Man Baring His Shoulder and Man with a Topknot
140 Varieties of Beards
141 Childbirth, Ritual Bow-plucking
142 Prayer for Childbirth
143 Invalid
144 Funeral Procession
145 Burial
146 Cemetery
147 Tamaya
148 Sotoba
149 Gaki and Gakimeshi
150 World of Children
151 Children
152 Children
153 Conch Shell, Messenger
154 Biwa, Go Board
155 Bird Cage
156 Protective Amulet
157 Head Shaving
158 Thunder
159 Pigeons and Dog
160 Ox161 Mixed-colored Ox162 Boat

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Explanatory Notes to the Original Edition

1. The illustrations contained in this volume were produced by Murata Deigyū based on a faithful copy of the Senmen koshakyo, Ban
Dainagon ekotoba, Chōjū giga, Shigisan engi, Gaki zōshi, Kitano Tenjin engi.
2. The illustrations have been chosen from scenes in picture scrolls of everyday life of common people and aspects of aristocratic life
pertinent to the life of ordinary people in modern times. An effort has been made not to focus on objects in isolation, but to situate
everyday life in the context of its surrounding circumstances and activities.
The illustrations are presented not in the order of their appearance in the original scroll, but according to the following categories:
1. dwellings
2. clothing
3. food
4. furniture, facilities, techniques
5. earning one’s living, livelihood
6. transportation
7. trade
8. appearance, actions, work
9. life, status, disease
10. death, burial
11. life of children
12. entertainment, play, social life
13. annual events
14. gods, festivals, religion
15. animals, vegetation, nature
3. Explanatory notes below each illustration are keyed to numbers appended to the items and activities figuring in it. Standard terminology has been used as much as possible; items of uncertain identity are indicated by a question mark.
A circle around a number indicates a general category and a square indicates an activity.
4. Illustrations are numbered consecutively.
5. General explanations of the illustrations focus primarily on the topic chosen as the title of the illustration. Individual items are notexplained in detail.
6. The works consulted in preparing the explanations include Kojiruien, Kōbunko, Kojitsu sōsho, Kinsei fūzokushi, Kiyūshōran, Emakiby Okudaira Hideo, and others; specific sources are not listed for individual illustrations.
7. The introductory note at the beginning of each picture scroll explains the following:
1. The number of volumes, the date of the work, and the author
2. The outline of the story and the value of the work as a source
8. This project is based on the conviction that there should be a pictorial index for pictorial materials comparable to dictionaries for
written materials. It aims to compile such a pictorial index of ordinary life, but it is not intended to be a substitute for the originalworks, which, it is hoped, the reader will consult as far as possible. Consequently, elements regarded as nonessential to the present
purpose have been omitted.

Explanatory Notes to the Multilingual Glossary
1. This glossary contains translations, in English, Chinese, and Korean, of the captions for Pictorial Dictionary of Japanese FolkCulture, vol.1, edited by SHIBUSAWA Keizo and the Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture, Kanagawa University, andpublished from Heibonsha in 1984. The English edition, entitled Multilingual Version of Pictopedia of Everyday Life in Medieval
Japan, compiled from picture scrolls, vol.1, should be consulted for the pictures and commentary.
2. An index of the English captions is included at the end of this volume. The page number refer to the pages in the English edition.

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