Acceptance and Development of Hawk Drawings in the Warrior Society

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26770053
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fine art history
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: MIZUNO Yuji 熊本大学, 教育学部, 講師 (50617024)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 鷹図 / 鷹狩図 / 秀吉「大鷹野」 / 勧修寺家 / 細川重賢

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to elucidate the cultural background of the establishment and development of Hawk Drawings in the samurai society. As a concrete method, the main purpose was to investigate Hawk Drawings and accumulate historical documents.
I made a detailed inquiry at 16 museums in Japan and overseas. Also, I extracted a lot of information of paintings from Gozan literature and samurai's diary etc.
As a result of the research, in addition to the samurai, I also revealed that the Saionji family and the Kajyuji family, who are the court nobles, are deeply involved in the epidemic of Hawk Drawings. Although this research keyword was "samurai society", it was an important result that I could elucidate a few aspects of the cultural background for acceptance of Hawk Drawings from diverse points of view.

Free Research Field

日本絵画史