著者

佐々木 利和

出版者

近世京都学会

雑誌

近世京都 (ISSN:21886709)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.6, pp.101, 2023-09-20 (Released:2023-10-02)

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This research note analyzes an Ainu hunting colored picture by Matsuura Takeshirō (1818-1888), a well-known explorer of Ezo (Hokkaido), newly discovered by Professor Matsuda Kiyoshi among uncatalogued materials in the Yamamoto Dokushoshitsu (読書室) collection. The painting is a hansetsu (height 140.5 cm, width 31.6 cm) of gasen paper, owned by Yamamoto Ayao. On the reverse, the author’s name “松浦武四郎” (Matsuura Takeshirō) is written in ink, seemingly in the handwriting of Ayao. The san inscription is a waka poem, “Namimakura ukitomo shirazu ukineshite yowataru michizo kokoro yasukere” (Sleeping with your head on the waves, free from worldly worries, is the way to spend life, with a peaceful heart), written in ink by Takeshirō on the upper part of the piece. The rakukan inscription is “多気志絵” (Takishi e, drawn by Takeshi, Taki county). The rakukan-in seal reads “古春” (Koshun, old spring), a previously- unseen mark. The year of production is not given. The painting was probably a gift to Ayao or his father, Yamamoto Bōyō, teacher of Kakeshirō in Chinese classics and natural history.