Kajikawa Kyujiro

Japanese: 梶川久次郎 - かじかわ・きゅうじろう

Years of birth: unknown. A maki-e artist from the mid-Edo period. He studied under Kajikawa Hikobei, who served the Tokugawa Shogunate with his maki-e skills during the Kanbun era (1661-1673), and specialized in inro maki-e. His style was solid and gorgeous, based on thin, high gold maki-e, and it was standard practice to write the maki-e inscription "Made by Kajikawa" and a vermilion jar seal on the bottom. It is difficult to find a work that can be attributed to Kujiro, but a typical example of the Kajikawa school is the "Peach Dove Maki-e Inro" (Tokyo National Museum). The Kajikawa family continued to specialize in inro maki-e throughout the Edo period after Kujiro, and produced such master craftsmen as Bunryusai, Tohide, and Shosui. <References> Inaba Michiryu, "Sokenkisho," and "Maki-e-shi-den, Nuri-shi-den," edited by the Fuzoku Emaki Tosho Kankokai.

(Komatsu Hirohide)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
江戸中期の蒔絵師。寛文年間(1661～73)に蒔絵の技をもって徳川将軍家に仕えた梶川彦兵衛に師事し,印籠蒔絵を得意とした。その作風は金の薄肉高蒔絵を基調とした堅実かつ華麗なもので,底に「梶川作」の蒔絵銘と朱の壺印を書き込むのが定型となっている。久次郎作と確証のある作品を見いだすことは難しいが,梶川派の典型的な作例として「桃鳩蒔絵印籠」(東京国立博物館蔵)などがあげられる。なお,梶川家は久次郎のあとも江戸時代を通じて印籠の蒔絵を専らとし,文竜斎,桃秀,松翠などの名工を輩出した。<参考文献>稲葉通竜『装剣奇賞』,風俗絵巻図書刊行会編『蒔絵師伝・塗師伝』

(小松大秀)

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