Title and subtitle are absent. The cover title is "Seven Grass Rolls" outside the box, and the content serves as a provisional title. This colorful scroll depicts the origin of the Seven Grasses event on the seventh day of the first month. It is one of the illustrated scrolls from the Muromachi period. The Chinese sage "Dashizhao" bestowed to the emperor the method of making the seven grasses' sprouts as a token of filial piety. By following this teaching and making and offering it to his parents, they would regain their youth. This story of Dashizhao's emergence, along with the characteristics of the New Year's rituals, is also included. Consists of five images. The establishment period and the artist are unknown. The back cover reads "House of Dashi-be" and "Observation by Kinko." Dashi-be (1841-1912) was from Funabashi and studied painting under the Itadaki family of the Nangoka domain in the southern part of Oshu. The crest on the cover, "Duck and Lotus," and "Mon," are the family crests of the southern Oshu domain lords. The paper and binding are beautiful, and there is a possibility that it could be a bridal book. It has been translated and published in the "Great Japanese Classics of Literature and Thought" series No. 38.
題箋、内題ともになし。書名は、外箱題「七艸絵巻物」及び内容による仮題。正月七日の七草行事の由来を記した彩色絵巻。室町時代物語絵巻のひとつ。中国の孝子「大しやう」は、親の若返り法として春の七草の羹の作り方を帝釈天より授かる。その教示どおりに作って食べさせると親は若返った。これが天子にも聞こえて出世する、という孝子出世談に併せて、年頭の祝儀ものの性格ももつ。全5図。成立年代、絵師ともに不明。外箱裏書「大須賀氏蔵」、印記「〓軒鑑賞」。大須賀〓軒（1841－1912）は磐城の人で、伊達家狩野派に学び書画をよくした。表紙の「対い鶴菱紋」と「曜紋」は奥州盛岡藩南部氏の家紋。料紙、装丁ともに美麗であり、嫁入り本の可能性も考えられる。日本古典文学大系38ほかに翻刻されている。
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