Large Character by Konoe Iehiro
- Person
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作者近衛家煕
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- コノエイエヒロヒツニンイチジ
- Materials, techniques and shape
- 絹本墨書
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
Konoe Iehiro (1667-1736), a noble who lived toward the middle of the Edo Period, was born to the Regent Konoe Motohiro (1648-1722) and Imperial Princess Tsuneko , the daughter of Emperor GoMizuno-o (1596-1680). His career advanced rapidly to Regent, then Senior Regent, and finally reached the highest bureaucratic post of Prime Minister at age 44. Iehiro retired into Buddhism at age 59 and adopted the religious name Shinkaku and an artistic pen name, Yoraku-In. The Konoe family are descendants of the ancient Fujiwaras and the head of the five families that conventionally held regent and senior regent posts. In calligraphy, the Konoe family originated the Konoe School, also called the Sanmyaku-In School, and produced generations of outstanding calligraphers, including Konoe Nobutada (1565-1614), widely respected as one of the “Three Brushes of the Kanei Era,” Nobuhiro (1599-1649), Hisatsugu (1622-1653) and Motohiro. Under his father Motohiro’s influence, Iehiro was attracted to classical masterpieces of the Heian Period and devoted himself to the collection and trace-copy reproduction of purely Japanese-style brushworks of the ancient court. Despite the popularity of brushwork styles with Chinese influence as well as the Oie School (alias Shoren-In School or Son-en School), Iehiro practiced the classical Japanese style, teaching himself with the treasures that had accumulated in the Konoe household. He contributed to the revival of the ancient style and was respected as the originator of the Yoraku-In School.This is the large single character meaning “Perseverance” written on silk. This handscroll has an attached certification by Sengoku Ichigaku, a vassal in the Konoe household. Although this piece is not signed, it is considered to be Iehiro’s authentic hand.
Perseverance
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Materials 絹本墨書
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