Owl by Tsuda Bensaku
- Person
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作者津田弁作
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- フクロウジガサン
- Materials, techniques and shape
- 紙本墨画
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000466-0000
- 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）
- URL
- Classification
- Art
- AI Tagging
- Handwriting Font Wood Art Rectangle
Tsuda Bensaku (years of birth and death unknown) was a samurai in the service of the Ogasawara household. Neither his place of birth nor his dates are known. Bensaku is the name by which he was popularly known, but his real names were Yoshiharu. He studied calligraphy in the Konoe school under Konoe Nobutada (1565-1614), completely mastering all its essential elements. The Konoe school flourished for another hundred years after the death of Nobutada. Nobutada’s adopted heir, Konoe Nobuhiro was one of the famous names to emerge along with Waku Hanzaemon (1578-1636), and Tsuda Bensaku was ranked with them.The Owl is not often seen in Japanese painting, which makes this a rare and precious item in the history of Japanese art. Here we have proof that Bensaku was quite capable of painting also with that meticulous care for which he was renowned in calligraphy. His calligraphy is a waka poem which, at a glance, almost looks like the work of Nobutada. It demonstrates just how superbly Bensaku had mastered the great calligrapher’s techinique.
書画之弁喜門（印「津田弁」）梟之声昼毛鋳伝希流呼登呂幾天安羅之耳阿子曳之山廼
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- Title (EN)
- Owl by Tsuda Bensaku
Physical description
- Weights and quantities
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Quantity 1幅
- Attachments
- 了延極 （表）「近衛信尹公 書讃 阿子曳之」「有御判 甲子十一」／紙片（旧ラベルか）
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