Shinchū
Ringkasan
Shinchū adalah sosok menyerupai serangga dalam gulungan Hekija-e yang dipercaya mengusir bencana dan penyakit.
Shinchū is an insectlike figure in the Hekija-e scroll, believed to repel disasters and epidemics.
Kisah dan tradisi
Shinchū adalah sosok menyerupai serangga dalam gulungan Hekija-e yang dipercaya mengusir bencana dan penyakit. Gulungan tersebut disimpan di Museum Nasional Nara. Ia digambarkan bertubuh seperti kumbang, berkaki delapan, dan menangkap sosok mirip oni. Lukisan Hekija-e menghimpun dewa-dewa penolak kejahatan yang di Tiongkok dipercaya menghukum dan mengusir roh wabah; Shinchū muncul bersama Tenkeisei, Sendan Kendatsuba, Shōki, dan Bishamonten. Polanya diduga berasal dari Tiongkok, tetapi wujud Shinchū hanya dikenal dari lukisan ini, dan warna tubuhnya yang berat dinilai khas. Karya itu diperkirakan dibuat antara akhir zaman Heian dan awal zaman Kamakura.
Shinchū is an insectlike figure in the Hekija-e scroll, believed to repel disasters and epidemics. The scroll is held by the Nara National Museum. It is depicted with a beetlelike body and eight limbs, grasping an onilike figure. The Hekija-e brings together evil-repelling deities believed in China to punish and expel plague demons; Shinchū appears alongside Tenkeisei, Sendan Kendatsuba, Shōki and Bishamonten. The designs are thought to derive from China, yet Shinchū's image is known only from this painting, and the heavy colouring of its body is considered distinctive. The work is dated to between the end of the Heian period and the start of the Kamakura period.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Folklor & Mitologi Jepang
- Kawasan / Region
- Asia Timur
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Guardian
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Shinchū dalam Hekija-e abad ke-12, sebuah Harta Nasional, disebut sebagai contoh paling jelas serangga yang diperbesar menjadi monster.
Shinchū in the 12th-century Hekija-e, a National Treasure, has been cited as the clearest example of an insect enlarged into a monster.