Fragment of the Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine
Titles
- 北野本地絵断簡（銅細工師娘利生）
- Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki - Akane zaikushi no musume no Rishō
Artist
Anonymous
Dateearly 14th century
GeographyJapan
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions11 1/4 x 23 1/8 in. (28.6 x 58.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of John Wyatt Gregg Allerton, 1955 (2047.1)
Object number2047.1
DescriptionThis fragment is a part of a plain sketch (hakubyö) on paper of the “Kitano Honchi Pictures” or “Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki (Illustrated History of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine),”and originally was the last panel at the end of the scrolls. It depicts the prosperous life of the older daughter of an impoverished coppersmith in Kyoto who married a noble man thanks to the intervention of Tenjin. A lady on the upper right corner possibly is the older daughter, and a man right next her husband surrounded by their servants in their mansion. The first room (left) shows two men wearing high black hats looking at rolls in an open rectangular chest. In the next room with projecting lanai, there are two women with long flowing hair, one offering the other a round try on which is a round dish. Separated by a post to right is a man (possibly Harimanokami Aritada), also wearing a high black hat, who is watching a woman (possibly his wife) with chopsticks in hand serving a meal to the man. There are two men, both wearing hats, on the lower right corner; one, bare to waist, carries a large round vessel, and the other, dressed in kimono, holds a broom.On View
Not on viewCollections
3rd-4th Century
