Fan painting - Ougie

Japanese: 扇絵 - おうぎえ

...A picture painted on a folding fan. Also called a fan painting. Two types of Japanese fans have been used since the Heian period: the hiōgi, made of thin cypress boards bound together, and the kawahoriogi, made of folded paper with bamboo ribs.

From [Miyazaki Yuzen]

…In "Hana no Kuzu," it is said that he died in June 1736 (Genbun 1) at the age of 83, but whether this is true or not is unclear. However, according to "Yojo Hinakata" and "Jinrin Juhoki," there was a painter named Miyazaki Yuzen living in the town in front of Chion-in Temple in Kyoto in the second half of the 17th century. He was a fan painter, and his fan paintings were known to have been very popular at the time. In particular, fan paintings were an essential part of the belongings of the gentry known as o-jin, who frequented the pleasure quarters of Shimabara. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "fan painting" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…扇に描いた絵。扇絵ともいう。日本の扇は，ヒノキ(檜)の薄板を綴じ合わせた檜扇（ひおうぎ）と，紙を折りたたみ竹の骨をつけた蝙蝠扇（かわほりおうぎ）の2種が平安時代以来用いられた。…

【宮崎友禅】より

…《花の屑》に，1736年(元文1)6月，83歳没とあるが，真否は明らかでない。ただ《余情ひなかた》や《人倫重宝記》によると，17世紀の後半に京都知恩院の門前町に宮崎友禅という絵法師が住んでおり，彼は扇絵師で，その扇絵は当時おおいに人気を得ていたことが知られる。なかでも遊里島原へ通う大尽とよばれる粋人たちの持物に扇絵はかかせないものであった。…

※「扇絵」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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