Image of Tenjin by Konoe Nobutada
- Person
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作者近衛信尹
- Date
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制作年 江戸時代（17世紀）
- Title
- ウエスギキヨコヒツカナガンモン
- Materials, techniques and shape
- 紙本墨画
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-007001-0000
- 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
- Art Font Handwriting Wood Visual arts
Konoe Nobutada (1565-1614) was a court official who lived during the Momoyama Period. He was born into nobility as the legitimate first son of Senior Regent Konoe Sakihisa (1536-1612). His initiation rite was held in 1577 when he turned 13, with Lord Oda Nobunaga (1534-82) assuming the honorary role of placing the headgear. Nobunaga gave the boy a character from his own name, and thereafter Nobutada was called Nobumoto, which was later changed to Nobusuke. Nobusuke was only 21 when he was appointed Minister of the Left, but he resigned from this office in January 1592 at age 28. In December of the same year, he planned to sail to the Korean Peninsula to fight in the Battle of Bunroku and went as far down as Nagoya, in Hizen (today’s Saga Pref.). Nobutada later incurred the displeasure of Emperor Goyozei (1571-1617) due to a rivalry Nobutada had with Regent Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1527-98), and he was exiled to Bonotsu in Satsuma (today’s Kagoshima Pref.) in 1594. Ever since the end of the Heian Period, Satsuma had been Konoe family property, so he was received warmly by Lord Shimazu, the ruler of Satsuma. Nobutada spent his time in exile completely absorbed in art, as well as waka and renga composing and tea ceremony. In 1596, Nobutada was pardoned and allowed to return to Kyoto; thereupon, he assumed the name Nobutada, by which he is traditionally known. In 1601, he was reinstituted as Minister of the Left and was promoted to Regent and head of the family in 1605. He died at age 50 on November 25, 1614. The posthumous Buddhist name Sanmyaku-In was bestowed upon him. Nobutada was thoroughly familiar with the art of waka, calligraphy and painting. In calligraphy, he was hailed as one of the ‘Three Brushes of the Kan-ei Era’, the other two being Hon-ami Koetsu (1558-1637) and Shokado Shojo (1582-1639). This is the image of Tenjin (lit. Heavenly God). Both the ink painting and calligraphy were rendered by Konoe Nobutada, shows an oversimplified pictogram-like representation of Tenjin. Originally, the image of Tenjin was produced as a kind of prayer for the repose of the soul of Sugawara no Michizane (845-903). Comissioned by worshippers of the deified Michizane, it includes a portrait of him under his posthumous name, Tenjin. There are very many images of Michizane from Kamakura period and later, and all of them are have essentially the same standardized appearance.
伽羅衣緒良天
幾多野野神
曽登半
袖にもちたる
梅にてもしれ（花押）
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- Image of Tenjin by Konoe Nobutada
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Quantity 1幅
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- 紙帙（215-2）のラベル
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