The ghost painting by Maruyama Okyo, a painter in the middle and late Edo period, owned by Kudoji Temple (Sakamoto, Hirosaki City) was opened to the public on June 27th for one day only.

The released "Hangon Konozu" was announced by the Hirosaki City Board of Education on May 20th this year as the autograph of Maruyama Okyo, and was certified as a city tangible cultural property. At Kudoji Temple, it will be open to the public once a year for one hour on the day of May 18th of the lunar calendar.

Since it was the first time that it was released as an autograph, there were more people than usual, and 150 people gathered. At Kudoji Temple, the main temple, Seikanze Onbosatsu, which opens once every 33 years, is open to the public, so the ghost paintings are open to the public in the Japanese-style room next to the main hall. Was staring at me seriously.

Mr. Mitsuaki Sudo, the chief priest, said, "There are only two ghost paintings by Maruyama Okyo, one in the Berkeley Art Museum and the one in the temple. To memorialize my wife. "

It is said that it will rain on the public day, but it did not rain around Kudoji Temple this year.

This year, it will be open to the public from August 13th to 15th, in line with the opening of the principal image.