Wild Geese Descending on Lake Shore by Konoe Nobutada
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作者・賛者近衛信尹
- Date
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制作年 AD16
- Title
- コノエノブタダヒツカタタノラクガンズジガサン
- Materials, techniques and shape
- 紙本墨画
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001209-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
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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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- Plant Wood Rectangle Font Handwriting
The paintings of the “Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers and a Lake and instantly captured the hearts of the nobility and art buffs. Soon enough, they looked for similar scenic waterfront spots in Japan and identified eight views along the southern shores of Lake Biwa, which came to be known as “Ohmi Hakkei.” Wild geese descending on Lake Biwa’s southern shoreline became a famous artistic motif. The painting and calligraphy shown here was no doubt a part of eight panels, each depicting the famous eight sights, forming a paper screen. While some art critics attribute the selection of the Ohmi Eight Views to Konoe Masaiye (1444-1505), recent research shows that it was Konoe Nobutada (1565-1614) who originated the concept. Thus, the exhibit is of historical importance in proving this interesting point in art history. The Momoyama-era noble Konoe Nobutada (1565-1614) was the head of the Konoe family, which traditionallyheld the highest government office of regency, or adviser to the emperor. During the 1592 invasion of the Korean Peninsula by General Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598), Nobutada planned to command one of the campaigns. Failing this, he fell out of grace with Emperor GoYozei (1571-1617), his stepbrother, and was consequently exiled in 1594 to Bonotsu Peninsula, at the southernmost tip of Satsuma (today’s Kagoshima Prefecture). After he was pardoned, he returned to the lay world from a hermetic Buddhist seeker’s life in exile and returned to Kyoto to become the regent and clan head. Nobutada was such an outstanding waka poet and calligrapher that a school patterned after his style was later established. Nobutada and two other master calligraphers of the early Edo Period, Hon-ami Koetsu (1558-1637) and Shokado Shojo (1584-1639), were much admired as the Three Brushes of the Kanei Era (Jp. Kanei-no-Sampitsu). Free from all forms of restrictions, the free-spirited Nobutada developed a unique style, departing from the tradition and the norm. The exhibit is typical of his work. His fame grew even after his death, and his followers came to be called the Konoe School. Also excelling in India-ink painting, Nobutada left behind many works. However, his own calligraphy accompanying his painting was rather rare, testifying to the value of this work.
Rows of tired geese, after crossing hills and mountains, now land on the shores of Katata (on the southern shores of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture).
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- Wild Geese Descending on Lake Shore by Konoe Nobutada
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