A Study on the Living Space of the Nyokan (Court Ladies) in the Kyoto Imperial Palace in the Modern Age

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350084
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clothing life/Dwelling life
• Research Institution: Heian Jogakuin(St.Agnes')University
• Principal Investigator: KURIMOTO Yasuyo 平安女学院大学, 国際観光学部, 准教授 (20410954)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 御所 / 近世 / 長橋局 / 女官 / 御道具

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study considered Nagahashi-no-Tsubone, a facility housing the Nyokan (court ladies), based primarily on the “Osashizugoyouki,” a construction document of the Imperial Palace. As the result, the followings were revealed: 1) During the Houei, Kansei, and Ansei eras, Nagahashi-no-Tsubone was located to the east of Soushadokoro/Sandaiden. One of its functions was to monitor the entry and exit of purveyors. 2) The fusuma paintings were drawn on fusuma doors separating the Ue-no-ma (Primary Room), Ni-no-ma (Secondary Room), and San-no-ma (Tertiary Room), which were on the south side of the facility. In the Kansei era, the paintings were thinly colored sumie (usuzaishiki); the Ansei-era paintings were also thinly colored, except for kinsunago (paintings with gold dust) on kobusuma (small fusumas) of staggered wall shelves. In the Kansei era, the subjects of these paintings in each room were related to one another, while in the Ansei era, the paintings were not related to each other.

Free Research Field

生活科学