"The Iroha Drawing: A History of Edo and Tokyo Manners and Genres Paintings"

…At the age of eight, he became a pupil of the Rinpa painter Nozawa Tsutsumi, and continued to paint “torture pictures” and “bondage pictures” throughout his life. In particular, his six-volume work “Irohabiki Edo to Tokyo Fuzoku Ga Shi,” which he spent five years publishing from 1927, is considered one of his greatest achievements as a painter and historical researcher. His friendships spanned the worlds of theater, literature, and art, and he was revered by rakugo performer Katsura Bunraku and others as “the teacher of Komagome.” …

*Some of the terminology used in "The Iroha Guide to the History of Edo and Tokyo Manners and Scenes Paintings" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…8歳のとき琳派の画家野沢堤雨の門に入り，生涯を通じて〈責め絵〉〈縛り絵〉を描きつづけた。とくに1927年から5年を費やして刊行した《いろは引江戸と東京風俗画史》全6巻は，画家･時代考証家としてのすぐれた業績のひとつに数えられる。交友関係も演劇，文･画壇にまたがり，落語家の桂文楽らからは〈駒込の先生〉と慕われた。…

※「《いろは引江戸と東京風俗画史》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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