著者
戸田 禎佑
雑誌
美術研究 = The bijutsu kenkiu : the journal of art studies
巻号頁・発行日
no.245, pp.26-29, 1967-02-10

We introduce here a work of Lu Fu 陸復 who was active from the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 16th century. He was a professional artist best known for his paintings of plum blossoms in ink. This particular work is preserved in Chōrakuji, situated in Gumma prefecture. Lu Fu was born in Wu-chiang 呉江, Kiang su Province, and worked in Chin-ling 金陵, where he was patronized by Hsü Pu 徐俌, the Duke of Wei-kuo 魏国公 VI (died 1517) and gained his fame among the literati class. For instance, Chao K‘uan 趙寛 (1457–1505) whose home town was the same as Lu Fu, and who attained an official position afterwards, ordered a painting from him as a present and wrote a poem in praise of it. This fact is known from Chao K‘uan's anthology. The work in question here is a small piece in which we see the artist employing forms which arose in Yüan dynasty painting. Strong brush strokes help to produce an intense feeling, which may also be noticed in the painting illustrated in fig. 1, particularly in the branches which are rendered in sharp angles. This feature is an important characteristic of this artist who worked during the middle of the Ming period. At the end of this paper the writer adds that the painting seen in fig. 1 must have directly influenced the artist associated with the Edo branch of Kano School who painted the sliding screens in the Konchiin, in Kyoto.