hanging scroll;
painting
- Museum number
- 1931,1116,0.2
- Description
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Painting, hanging scroll. Courtesan turning to face attendant following: with hair combed out and hanging loosely down back, tied together at ends with red ribbon; with purple surcoat over kimono decorated with maple leaves and clematis? scattered over winding river; attendant carrying long stem of peach blossom. Ink, colour and gold on silk. Signed and sealed.
- Production date
- 1716-1736 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 93.50 centimetres
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Width: 40.40 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
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Clark 1992
A courtesan turns to face the 'kamuro' following her, her body arched to form a perfect curve. Her hair is combed out and hangs loosely down her back, tied together at the ends with a red ribbon, and she wears a purple 'uchikake' over a kimono decorated with maple leaves and (?)clematis scattered over a winding river. The 'kamuro' carries a long stem of peach blossom, perhaps intended to adorn a display in the Yoshiwara quarter for the Dolls' Festival on the third day of the third month.
Within Tsuneyuki's 'oeuvre' this is thought to be an earlier rather than later work, dating from perhaps the middle of the Kyoho era (1716-36) (see Asano Shugo's comments in 'UT', vol. 1 (1987), no. 113), but the face already has the oval shape, long nose and rosebud mouth that are the hallmarks of Tsuneyuki's style. The highly modulated and flowing calligraphic outlines to the drapery lend support to the contention that Tsuneyuki may have studied with the Kano master Tsunenobu.
Literature:
'(Hizo) Ukiyo-e taikan' ('Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections'), ed. Narazaki Muneshige. Vol. 1, Tokyo, Kodansha, 1987, no. 113.
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Asahi 1996
遊女の体は美しい弧を描いて、後ろに控えた禿を振り返る。髪にはきちんと櫛が入れられ、ゆるやかに背中に垂れたその先は、赤裂でまとめられている。逆巻く水流の上に散りばめられた楓と鉄線が図案化された着物。その上に赤紫の打掛けを羽織る。禿は長い桃の枝を手にしているが、これは3月3日、吉原の雛祭りに供えるためのものであろう。
本図は常行の後期というよりは初期作品、おそらく享保年間中期（楢崎宗重監修『秘蔵浮世絵大観』第1巻 1987年 講談社 113図の作品解説（浅野秀剛）。）の作と考えられている。しかし、卵型の輪郭にすらりとした鼻、バラの莟のような口元という常行様式の特徴をすでに備えている。衣紋はかなり抑揚のある流麗な筆使いで描き出されており、常行が狩野派の師について学んだという見解もうなづける。
（荒木康子（福島県立美術館））
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Dolls' Festival (?)
- Acquisition date
- 1931
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1931,1116,0.2
- Additional IDs
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Asia painting number: Jap.Ptg.Add.86 (Japanese Painting Additional Number)
