Research on the paintings of the Anhui regions in the Ming and Qing Dynasties

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K12876
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 01060:History of arts-related
• Research Institution: The Museum Yamato Bunkakan
• Principal Investigator: TOKO Sayaka 公益財団法人大和文華館, その他部局等, 学芸部員 (80706755)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 美術史 / 東洋史 / 中国絵画史 / 明清絵画史 / 文人画 / 安徽

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study discusses the formation, establishment, and development of the Anhui school, one of the local painting styles established in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties (17th century), through a close examination of paintings and archival materials. The examination focuses on three perspectives: (1) the intention behind the choice of painting style, (2) human interactions, and (3) the awareness of honoring one's homeland. The results indicate a high likelihood that Anhui painters absorbed a variety of painting styles and ideas on painting in the course of their active exchange with painters from other regions, and then, from the early stages of the formation of the Anhui school (late 16th century), set out to create a unique Anhui painting style that was different from others.

Free Research Field

中国絵画史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

美術史における普遍的な課題の一つといえる、絵画を生み出す「場」の重要性について、16世紀末～17世紀中国の安徽地方を視座とする一事例を提示した。また本研究を進める上で、これまで注目されてこなかった、あるいは未発見であった絵画作品等の資料について、研究発表や論文、関連する展覧会の開催等によってその史的位置を適宜発表、共有した。以上の研究成果は、今後中国絵画史をはじめとする様々な分野の研究をより深めるための資になると考える。