Tanzaku by Reizei Tamechika
- Person
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作者冷泉為恭
- Date
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制作年 AD19
- Title
- レイゼイタメチカヒツタンザク
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000303-0000
- 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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- Art
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- Handwriting Font Art Rectangle Monochrome
A painter of the late Edo Period, Reizei Tamechika (1823-64) was born in Kyoto as the son of Kano Nagayasu. However, he liked the Reizei surname so much that he adopted it and called himself “Reizei Saburo.” He was later adopted into the Okada Family and appointed the Protector of Ohmi, Junior Fifth Rank. With a strong aversion for the highly-formalized Kano School painting styles, Tamechika was attracted to the revival of the Yamatoe tradition (used in ancient Japanese court paintings), a movement led on the art scene by Tanaka Totsugen (1767-1823). Well-versed in ancient manners and decorum, Tamechika also contributed greatly to the revival of ancient court culture. In his last years, he frequented the Sakai Family mansions to make reproductions of the “Picture Scroll Depicting Major Counselor Tomono”. But, this artistic activity was misinterpreted by the samurai, who were staging urban guerilla warfare in order to dispel foreign influences. As a result, Tamechika fled from Kyoto (1862) and sought the Buddhist life, adopting the name Shinren-Bo Koa. Nevertheless, he was assassinated in May 1864 by a band of Choshu samurai, acting on a self-imposed mission to terminate the military government under the House of Tokugawa. He was 42 years old. Tamechika reproduced a number of ancient artistic masterpieces such as Buddhist paintings and picture scrolls, thus teaching himself the traditional Yamatoe painting techniques. His extant works show the essence of the Heian Dynasty refinement he had learned. The exhibited tanzaku is signed “San-in”. As such, it was written during Tamechika’s last two years, when he became a monk, before he was killed at age 42. This is proof that Tamechika had not lost any energy or enthusiasm for his art, despite living under the constant threat of death.
Brushstroke: Every stroke counts. The longest is worth one’s life.
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Materials 墨流し（藍・紫）
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