川村曼舟作 燕子花図

川村曼舟 作
(Kawamura Mansyu)
燕子花図
(Iris Flowers)
    ちょっと季節は過ぎてしまったのですが、涼しそうな作品を紹介します。
    川村曼舟作「燕子花図」です。一見、簡単な構図で、売り絵かと考えてしまいます。ただ、花弁の青の発色は素晴らしく、ひょっとしたら「ラピスラズリ」が岩絵の具の原材料ではないかと考えています。また、燕子花図には池の水も一緒に描かれることが多いのですが、この画はあえて描かれず、表装の中回しで水を表現しているのかも。そう考えると粋な作品でしょ？

 The season has passed a little, but here is a work that look cool.
  It is "Irises Flowers" by Kawamura Manshu. At first glance, it's a simple composition, and I think it's a picture just to sell. However, the blue color of the petals is wonderful, and I think that "lapis lazuli" may be the raw material for mineral pigments. In addition, the water of the pond is often drawn together with the Irises picture, but this picture is not drawn on purpose, and it may be that the water is expressed by chumawashi (the center part decorative silk fabric of kakejiku). Thinking about that, it's a stylish work, isn't it?