Introducing the figure "Choju-Kiga" with the motif of the picture scroll "Choju-Giga" known as "Japan's oldest manga". It will be sold from the end of January 2016 as Bandai's capsule vending machine exclusive product "Gashapon". 300 yen (tax included) once.


This product is a figure with a total height of about 40 mm that reproduces the birds and beasts that appear in Choju-Giga. For the three-dimensionalization, he asked "Kosanji Temple", which owns the picture scrolls, to supervise it, and he seems to have reproduced the unique touch as much as possible.

Two of the six types are paired, and you can recreate a scene from a picture scroll by arranging them side by side. In addition, each bird and beast has functions that are useful on the desk, such as a "smartphone stand" and a "memo stand."


Choju-Giga, which has been designated as a Japanese national treasure, was a great success at the "Choju-Giga Exhibition" held in Tokyo this year, and a production kit that allows you to easily create "Choju-Giga-style" images online has become a hot topic. It became popular content.