Shikishi by Kazan-in Tadanaga
- Person
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作者花山院忠長
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- カザンインタダナガヒツシキシ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001411-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
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慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
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- Classification
- Art
- AI Tagging
- Brown Handwriting Wood Rectangle Orange
Kazanin Tadanaga (1588-1662) was a noble of the early Edo Period, born as the second son of Kazanin Sadahiro (1558-1634) and the daughter of Asakura Yoshikage. He smoothly moved up the career ladder and became the Lieutenant of the Imperial Guards of the Left of the Upper Junior Fourth Rank. However, he angered Emperor Goyozei (1571-1617) in July 1609 and was exiled to Matsumae Province in the then-barbarian territory of Ezo (today’s Hokkaido), farthest away from the capital of Kyoto. His crime was engaging in promiscuous affairs with court ladies. The incident also involved other young aristocrats, including the well-known Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (1579-1638). After many years of banishment, Tadanaga was finally pardoned in 1636. Soon afterward, he shaved his head to live as a Buddhist seeker and adopted the name Jo-Oku (lit. cleansing sin).The exhibited shikishi shows Ki-no-Tsurayuki’s poem from Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems), Vol. 5, “Autumn Poems Part 2,” written over red-dyed paper covered with paintings of autumn grasses in silver mud and ultramarine ink.Poem interpretation: In Mt. Moruyama, dewdrops and autumn drizzle seep through (“moru” means “leak” in Japanese; note the pun), so even the under-grass has changed its color. (Note: Mt. Moruyama still stands in Yasu County, Siga Prefecture, though the pronunciation has changed to Mt. Moriyama.)Tadanaga’s brush moves without restraint across the shikishi paper (square cardboard), retaining a clear structure. This writing style shows the influence of the Konoe School, also called Sanmyaku-In School. The brushstrokes are those of a young calligrapher, so this piece was likely written before Tadanaga’s banishment to Matsumae Province in the Land of Ezo.
しら露もしぐれもいたくもるやまはした葉のこらずもみぢしにけり
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