"Jodosan Daijuji Temple O-hojo Fusuma Painting VR" produced by HITOHATA,INC. Daijuji Temple is the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu and also a Bodaiji Temple of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. The Daijuji O-hojo fusuma painting drawn by Reizei Tamechika which is an important cultural property owned by Daijuji Temple(usually not open to the public), has been reproduced as high-definition VR content.

It was also released as Metaverse content on the XR space platform "DOOR" provided by NTT.

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About Jodosan Daijuji Temple O-hojo Fusuma Painting

Daijuji Temple was founded in 1475 as a family temple to the Matsudaira family. The Daijuji was destroyed by fire in 1855. In 1856, when the temple was rebuilt on a slightly smaller scale. The room of Clematis, followed by the room of Peony and the room Crane, was painted in the traditional Kanō style, using the same theme as the original paintings. The Upper and Lower Rooms were painted in the Yamato-e style.

Reizei Tamechika, is said to have studied Yamato-e on his own by copying old paintings, although he was born into the Kanō school of Kanga. Kanga is a Japanese style painting that follows the style of Chinese Sung and Yuan dynasties painting style. The Kanō school is a group of painters who represent this style. The Kanō school worked as painters for powerful feudal lords, such as Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and in the Edo period, they were the official painters of the Tokugawa shogunate.

In contrast, Yamato-e is a traditional Japanese style of painting that dates from the Heian period (794-1185) and is characterized by brilliant colours, ornamentation, and an appreciation of the natural beauty of the four seasons. Tamechika tried to revive the elegant Yamato-e paintings of the ancient dynasties in his own lifetime, at the end of the Edo period.

The Yamato-e style paintings of the lower and upper rooms are a dramatic change from the other three rooms, transporting the visitor back to the elegant world of the Heian period. Originally painted on small screens like picture scrolls, Tamechika enlarged the Yamato-e paintings to create a continuous panoramic view around the room. This type of Yamato-e is very rare and is regarded as an important work in the history of art because it achieves the feat of making Yamato-e into a large painting.

About Daijuji

When Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was defeated in the Battle of Okehazama, escaped and tried to harm himself, he was told by the chief priest to "aim for the world of Taihei" and was discouraged. It is a temple that played a major historical role.

The straight line of about 3km connecting Okazaki Castle and Daijuji Temple starting from the Sanmon and Somon gates built by the 3rd Shogun Iemitsu is called "Vista Line" and has been protected for about 370 years as a historical view.

At the Bodaiji Temple of the Matsudaira family and the Tokugawa shogunate, the honorary foolish superior was opened by the 4th generation Chichu in 1475.

The tomb of the 8th generation of Matsudaira, the painting of Reizei Tamechika, an important cultural property of the country, the mortuary tablets of successive generals, and the wooden statue of Ieyasu at the age of 73 are enshrined. In addition, the Tahoto, an important cultural property of Japan, was erected by Ieyasu's grandfather, Kiyoyasu Matsudaira, in 1535. This double tower, with one layer square and two layers circular, shows the beautiful style of the late Muromachi period with sculptural patterns such as frogs and fist noses.