著者

福井 麻純

出版者

美学会

雑誌

美學 (ISSN:05200962)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.52, no.4, pp.57-69, 2002-03-31

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NAKAMURA Hochu has been conventionally known as a Rimpa school painter who published Korin Gafu and whose folding screen work entitled "Flowers of the Four Seasons" is now possessed by The British Museum. Some scholars, however, have often pointed out that he was also well connected with other artistic schools led by Taiga, Buson, or Nichosai. Nevertheless, his raison d'etre as a distinguished painter in the late 1700s and early 1800s has been obscured. The main reason is that people have taken him just as one of many Rimpa schoolpainters and he flourished mostly in the Osaka art circles during the Edo period. This paper explains that it is not appropriate to discuss Hochu simply as a Rimpa school painter and explicates his views on Korin and the figure motifs illustrated in Korin Gafu. This paper also tries to put some light upon his close relationship with the world of Haikai and his personal involvement with the Bunjin circles in Osaka. In addition, this paper tries to show how versatile his artistry was and how critical his contemporaries were to his paintings. Through these topics, this paper elucidates Hochu in a wider context than ever before.