- Artist
土田麦僊
TSUCHIDA Bakusen
- Title
- 桃に瑠璃鳥図Taiwan Whistling Thrushes on Peach
- Year
- 制作年不詳Unknown
- Medium
- 絹本着色, 軸装Color on silk, Hanging scroll
- Dims/Durs
- 144×50.8（素材全体：211×72.5）
- Inscriptions/Marks
- 左下： 麦僊 「麦僊」（朱文方印）Signed and sealed lower left: 麦僊
- Collection
- サイトウミュージアムSaitou Museum
- Accession number
- 951000
- Notes
- 作品解説: 例えば森蘭斎の《桃に瑠璃鳥》をはじめ、歌川広重が《薔薇に瑠璃鳥》、川崎小虎が《夾竹桃に瑠璃鳥》など、多くの画家が瑠璃鳥をモチーフに選んでいる。桃の実といえば、東方朔が崑崙山（こんろんさん）にある不老長寿の桃を盗む姿を描いた作品も多く、永遠性のある果実であり、それらの組み合わせは麦僊が是非とも挑戦したいところであったに違いない。瑠璃鳥に使われた青や緑を桃の葉にも使用することで、色彩的にも両者を共鳴させている。 つがいの瑠璃鳥は、伊藤若冲（じゃくちゅう）や歌川広重をはじめ、多くの絵師が好んで描いてきた。桃の実といえば、中国前漢時代の政治家であった東方朔（とうぼうさく）が崑崙山（こんろんさん）にある桃を盗み食べ、仙術と長寿を身につけた話とつながる。いずれも永遠性などを象徴し、麦僊が是非とも挑戦したい画題であったに違いない。瑠璃鳥に使われた青や緑を桃の葉にも使用することで、色彩的にも両者を共鳴させている。おそらくこれら美しい色の組み合わせや陰影のつけ方は、彼がイタリアで研究した初期ルネサンスのフレスコ画の影響もあるだろう。 土田麦僊は、京都で竹内栖鳳（せいほう）に教わり、京都市立絵画専門学校を卒業。同級生であった小野竹喬（ちっきょう）らと大正七年に国画創作協会を立ち上げた。この会は「個性の尊重、創作の自由、自然への愛」を宣言し、日本画界に新風を吹き込んだ。Description: Many painters have chosen lapis lazuli as their motif, for example, Mori Ransai's "Peach with a Ruling Bird," Utagawa Hiroshige's "Rose with a Ruling Bird," and Kawasaki Kotora's "Oleander with a Ruling Bird. Speaking of peaches, there are many works depicting the peaches of the Kunlun Mountains, which are eternal, and the combination of these fruits must have been something that Bakusen would have loved to try. The blue and green used for the lapis lazuli bird is also used for the peach leaves, making them resonate with each other in terms of color. Many painters, including Jakuchu Ito and Hiroshige Utagawa, have depicted the mating lapis lazuli birds. The peach fruit is linked to the story of the Chinese politician Toubousaku, who stole and ate peaches from the Kun Lun Mountains and acquired hermetic skills and longevity. Both of these stories symbolize eternity, which must have been a subject Bakusen would have loved to try his hand at. The blue and green used for the lapis lazuli bird are also used for the peach leaves, creating a colorful resonance between the two. Perhaps these beautiful color combinations and shading were influenced by the early Renaissance frescoes he studied in Italy. Bakusen Tsuchida studied under Seiho Takeuchi in Kyoto and graduated from the Kyoto Municipal College of Painting. In 1918, he founded the Society for the Creation of National Painting with his classmate Chikkyo Ono and others. This association declared "respect for individuality, freedom of creation, and love of nature," and brought a new style to the world of Japanese-style painting.
- Data created by Saitou Museum. Provided October 10, 2023.
- 2024-12-10