eden　絵伝

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Pictorial 'e 絵', biographies 'den 伝' of important persons, most frequently Buddhist patriarchs and holy men *kousouden-e 高僧伝絵. Illustrated histories and legends of temples or shrines *shaji engi-e 社寺縁起絵, however, are sometimes also included under the term eden.

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