草花の素直な美

The Gentle Beauty of Flowers


ロンドンギャラリー白金では、六本木の新スペースのオープンを記念し、
花鳥を中心とした少し華やかな展示をご覧いただいております。

To commemorate the opening of the new showroom in Roppongi, the gallery at Shirokane is now having a celebratory exhibition themed on flowers and birds.

長谷川等伯筆　四季花鳥図屏風（桃山時代・16世紀）。
右隻には春から夏、左隻には秋から冬にかけての風景が描かれています。

This pair of 16th century screens by Hasegawa Tōhaku is entitled Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons
The right screen depicts spring and summer, and the left screen autumn and
winter.


個々の草木が丁寧に、素直に描かれ、じっくりと見る楽しさがあるように思います。

The plants are all carefully depicted, and it is a great pleasure to look at the
fine details of the painting.

例えば…見落としてしまいそうなのですが、
桜の枝にとまる四十雀。ほっぺたがかわいいです。

For example, though it may be easy to overlook from a distance,
there is a tiny sparrow perched here on the branch of a cherry tree.


足元には控えめに咲く、タンポポとスミレ。

On the ground dandelions and violets quietly bloom.


菊の葉っぱの表裏の描き分けも見事です！

The variety found even in the depiction of the chrysanthemum leaves is
amazing!



この屏風は、等伯と一門が描いた祥雲寺（現・智積院）障壁画の画風やモチーフと
共通した特徴が認められます。
京都・智積院では、国宝・桜図や楓図をはじめとする、貴重な障壁画を広く公開なさってますので、
是非こちらと見比べてみてくださいませ！

In this screen we can recognize similar characteristics in the style and motifs of the paintings in the temple Shōunji (now the Chishakuin) that were painted by Tōhaku and members of his studio. The Chishakuin has a number of important paintings which can be viewed by the public, including the famous Maple and Cherry panel paintings by Tōhaku, both of which are National Treasures. When next in Kyoto, by all means stop in and have a look!