18 screens have been designated as National Treasures!
A folding screen that has been used as a furniture that has originated in China and blocks wind and eyes. After being introduced to Japan in the Asuka period, there were drawings of Chinese paintings, paintings, ink paintings, etc., which became an object of appreciation.
The scallop's attention increased from Momoyama to the Edo period. A folding screen is indispensable for castles and large halls of temples, and the competition between Kano, Hasegawa and other shrines has made it possible to create a folding screen as an art genre.
Among the 18 screens (* at the time of 2015) designated as national treasures, speaking of masterpieces that are known for their original and overwhelming beauty, they established their own painting method by sketching in the middle of the Edo period, The masterpiece "Snowmatsu Tokubutsu" of the mature period of Maruyama Oyori who boasted overwhelming popularity in "The customs map (Hikone Kazefu)" which conceals excellent technique and many mysteries though the author is unknown.
Let's compare these two representative works.
Maruyama Otoken "Snowmatsu Tokubutsu"
A folding screen with a combination of sketching and decoration. In the swamp, the roundness of the trunk of a pine is given out by the erection technique that the coveted, and the skin and leaves are described with the shade of ink. Snow uses the whiteness of the Japanese paper left behind to express the winter scene moist.
Maruyama Ogaki "Snow Matsuzubiubibu" (left) six-fold one-two paper book sumi-no-uri wasai each 156.1 x 362.1 cm Edo period (1781-1789) Mitsui Memorial Museum of Art National Treasure
"Future map (Hikone Kofu)"
A masterpiece of customs painting depicting Yusato in early Edo. In fact, it is said that it is regarded as a symbol of the traditional drawing title “琴棋 画 図” transmitted from China, and it is viewed as having been worked by a well-known artist while the author is unknown.
"Fuzoku figure (Hikone-style wind)" Rokka Ippei paper book gold color coloring 94.0 × 271.0 cm Early Edo period Hikone Castle Museum National Treasure
If you look at the erected screen at the museum that holds these two works, you will be fascinated by the beauty of the colors, the composition that has been calculated, and the bark of perspective.
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