Emaki
The emaki (, litt. “drawn roller”) is a system of illustrated horizontal narration whose origins go back to the era Heian (), at the 10th century with the Japan. It is about one adaptation to the Japanese culture of the rollers of the same type imported of China and Korea by buddhist monks since the 6th century. As in the Chinese and Korean rollers, it combines the text and the illustration and is painted, drawn or stamped on a roller. It can be regarded as the ancestor of the Cartoon, as well as the Hiéroglyphe S Egyptians, the Tapisserie of Bayeux or some handwritten Codex in Europe and some manuscripts précolombiens of the Central America.
A emaki is read unrolling it with a hand all while rewinding it with the other hand, while going from right to left. In this way, only part of the history can be seen. Once its finished reading, the person must again rewind the whole in its original direction of reading, as if it rewound a video cassette. The emaki maintained is closed by a cord and is stored only or with other rollers in a box intended for this purpose and which is sometimes decorated with elaborate reasons.
Most famous emaki is certainly the illustration of the Genji monogatari (). It takes as a starting point a news written at the beginning 11th century by Murasaki Shikibu (), lady-in-waiting of the empress Akiko ().
The topics are varied. There exist in particular emaki on the topic of the Yôkai .
One can consult emaki and their during Chinese with the National museum of Asian-Guimet Arts with Paris.
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