Fundamental research on early literati painting in the Edo Period: the traditional instructional methods for teaching painting in China, and regional variations

• Project/Area Number: 15H06885
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Fine art history
• Research Institution: Independent Administrative Institution National Institutes for Cultural Heritage Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
• Principal Investigator: YASUNAGA Takuyo 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京文化財研究所, 文化財情報資料部, 研究員 (10753642)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 祇園南海 / 彭城百川 / 柳沢淇園

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study,I picked up the three members of the Gion Nankai,Sakaki Hyakusen and Yanagisawa Kien who represent the early literati artists in the Edo era, and examined the influence from Chinese paintings in that expression and the regionality in their literary exchanges.First, Ｉ conducted a comprehensive survey of the works of three artists and took detailed pictures,and created a basic database such as signature, seal, expression.Next, I examined what kind of Chinese paintings the three were able to learn and pointed out the regionality of the expression of the three.Furthermore, I showed the future prospects of how these three persons' expressions and the results of Chinese painting learning have influenced the expressions of literati painters of later era such as Ike Taiga and Yosa Buson.