Kyogire is a snippet of a sutra scroll.
Originally, manuscripts of Buddhist scriptures, which were scrolls, were cut and made into kakemono for viewing.
In the Heian period, copying of sutras became popular among the court aristocrats. Many sutras known as Sogon Sutras, which were copied in gold and silver on navy blue or purple paper, still exist today.
originally referred to the draft of an verse, but later the style of waka and haikai.
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Schoolmaster's lexical
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