- Artist
池上秀畝
IKEGAMI Shūho
- Title
- 薫風Early Summer Breeze
- Year
- 制作年不詳Unknown
- Medium
- 絹本着色, 軸装Color on silk, Hanging scroll
- Dims/Durs
- 136×50.0（素材全体：226×71.0）
- Inscriptions/Marks
- 右下：秀畝「継隆之印」（白文方印）「秀晦（田に毎）」（朱文方印）Signed and sealed lower right: 秀畝
- Collection
- サイトウミュージアムSaitou Museum
- Accession number
- 734000
- Notes
- 作品解説: 奇石の上で雄の孔雀が毛づくろいをし、その周囲に二匹の蝶が舞っている。蝶に孔雀の組み合わせは江戸時代の円山応挙（おうきょ）や長沢芦雪（ろせつ）らも描いている。蝶は長寿などを表す吉祥のシンボルでもあり、孔雀は荘厳さを強調するための室内装飾として需要があった。花鳥図を得意とした秀畝はたびたび孔雀を描いていることから、特に孔雀図は好評を得ていたに違いない。木炭による下描きの線が数か所見える。Description: A male peacock grooms himself on an oddly shaped stone while two butterflies dance around him. The combination of a butterfly and a peacock was also depicted by Maruyama Okyo and Nagasawa Rousetsu in the Edo period. Butterflies were also a symbol of good fortune, representing longevity, and peacocks were in demand as interior decorations to emphasize the solemnity of the scene. Shuho, who excelled in flower-and-bird paintings, often painted peacocks, and his peacock paintings must have been especially well received. Charcoal underdrawing lines can be seen in several places.
- Data created by Saitou Museum. Provided October 10, 2023.
- 2024-12-10