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Section from Theatres of the East
Furuyama, Moromasa, 1720, Ink and colour
Section from Theatres of the East
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43192
Title
Section from Theatres of the East, a Japanese handscroll painting
Description
Section of a handscroll painting depicting the theatre district of Edo, or Tokyo in Japan as it is known today.
Two figures kneel as a man with a walking stick approaches the end of a street. The man is surrounded by a group of attendants and two of them are carrying objects over their shoulders, a case and a long ornamental stick.There are also shop selling swords, and puppets and a puppet theatre behind the street.
Reading the scroll from right to left, this is the beginning of the scroll painting, featuring an important patron making his entrance to the street. It is thought the man of status could represent the person for who the painting was originally produced.
Artist / maker
Furuyama, Moromasa
Date
1720
Type
Ink and colour
Location
Art and Design Library
Both Chinese and Japanese artists of this period perfected the art of a linear narrative on a handscroll, to be unrolled in sections from right to left, in segments of approximately 60cm wide. Onlookers would return to the artwork to view the picture as the sections revealed at regular intervals over a period of time. The story develops in time and depicts simultaneous activities in a perspective view. (It is thought that the sections in this case were larger, as depicted here at around 120cm.)
The handscroll was given to Edinburgh Central Library as a gift from the
Dyer family
. It was painted by Furuyama Moromasa and it is signed 'Nihon eshi Furuyama Moromasa e' [Picture by Furuyama Moromasa, painter of Japan']. He is reputed to have been the son of Furuyama Moroshige (Moronobu's senior pupil). Hishikawa Moronobu (1618-1694) was the leading artist in Edo (Tokyo) and is regarded as the founder of the school of 'Ukiyo-e', known to the west as Pictures of the Floating World - scenes from the theatre and the life of courtesans.
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