展示替えのお知らせ

Rotation Announcement

いよいよ梅雨入りも目前となってまいりました…！

さて、ロンドンギャラリー白金にて展示しております司馬江漢の「寒柳水禽図」!

It would seem that the rainy season is just around the corner....

While we have the chance, allow us to tell you more about the Shiba Kōkan painting now on display in Shirokane.



寛政（1789～）初期の作品で、ヨーロッパの版画をもとにしているといわれています。

This is thought to be a work of the early Kansei era (1789 - 1801), and was perhaps based on a European print or engraving.



三羽の鳥の向こうにはイタリア都市にあるようなフォルムが見えます。
江漢がヨーロッパに強い関心・憧れをもっていたことがうかがえる作品でございます！

是非皆様にご高覧頂きたいのですが、こちらの作品は残念ながら6月10日(水曜日)をもちまして展示を終了させていただくこととなりました。

展示終了前に是非足をお運びいただけたら幸いです！

Beyond the three birds in the foreground, you can see an urban scene reminiscent of an Italian town. We can sense in this work the strong interest Kōkan had in things European, which were largely new to Japan at the time. Unfortunately, this work will only be on display until Wednesday June 10, so by all means please make the time to come and see it while you can!


今回は司馬江漢以外にも多くの花鳥が床の間や壁を彩っております。

Other than those in Kōkan's painting, flowers and birds can be found adorning the wall of the tokonoma as well.



こちらの床の間に飾られております「蝶鳥下絵経」は御経の天地に蝶や鳥が描かれております。
書かれている法華経は唯一、女性が成仏できる御経といわれています。
そのためこんなにも可愛らしい料紙なのでしょうか…♪

そのほか美々しい鳥や花々が皆様をお待ちしております！！

This is a fragment of a version of the Lotus Sutra popularly known as the Chōtori shitae kyō, or "Sutra with Butterfly and Bird Underpainting", because of the decoration found largely in its upper and lower borders. The Lotus Sutra is the only Buddhist scripture that states women can achieve Buddhahood, which is perhaps why the paper this version was brushed upon came to be so charmingly decorated.

These and a variety of other beautiful flowers and birds await, so we hope you will stop by the gallery soon.