展示替えのお知らせ【白金】　6月23日(土)まで : London Gallery

展示替えのお知らせ【白金】　6月23日(土)まで

Exhibition Rotation Announcement, Shirokane, Until Saturday June 23

梅雨入りのニュースが気になるころとなってまいりましたが皆様いかがお過ごしでしょうか。

ロンドンギャラリー白金より展示替えのご案内をいたします。

今回皆様をお迎えいたしますのは、中国の故事が描かれている狩野派の屏風「黄初平・許由巣父図」でございます。

We hope this finds you well as the news confirms that we are officially now in the rainy season. We are also pleased to announce our latest exhibition rotation at the Shirokane gallery.

Welcoming visitors in the large alcove on the left as you enter the space is a pair of Kano school screens depicting the Chinese legends Huang Chuping and Xuyou・Chaofu.

右隻に描かれる黄初平は『神仙伝』に伝えられる仙人です。
羊を飼っていた少年時代に道士と出会い、のちに仙術を学び仙人になったといわれています。

本図は、黄初平を迎えに来た兄の目の前で、石を羊に変えてみせようとしている場面です。

The right screen features the Taoist immortal Huang Chuping, whose story comes from the book Shenxian Zhuan, a compendium detailing the stories of Chinese deities and immortals. In his youth as a shepherd, Huang is said to have encountered a Taoist sage, and eventually learned its mystical ways and became an immortal himself. Following the gaze of the man and attendant facing Huang, you can see a rock that Huang is transforming into a sheep, a unique skill he is said to have attained after some forty years of practicing Taoism.

左隻には許由と巣父が描かれています。
二人は俗世間での栄達や高い位を嫌う中国古代における伝説上の高士です。

聖帝尭が自分の天下を譲るという申し出を聞いた許由は、耳が穢れたといって川の水で耳を洗い、巣父はその穢れた水を牛に飲ませることはできないと言い牛を牽いて引き返したといいます。

The left screen features the characters Xuyou and Chaofu, legendary scholar gentlemen who detested the vulgar world of the famous and political elite in ancient China. Upon hearing that Emperor Yao intended to relinquish the throne to him, Xuyou thought his ears were so defiled by the idea that he washed them out in a nearby river. Chaofu then considered the water polluted and refused to let his ox drink from it.