"Flower and Tree Sliding Door Painting" - Kabokuzu Sliding Door

Japanese: 《花木図襖絵》 - かぼくずふすまえ
"Flower and Tree Sliding Door Painting" - Kabokuzu Sliding Door

...The image of this age of gold overflowing, known as the coming of the Maitreya era, can be fully grasped through the remains of the sliding screen paintings. The appeal of Kano Mitsunobu's Flowering Trees Sliding Door Painting (1600) at Onjo-ji Temple's Kan'gakuin Temple lies in the effect of the gold leaf background, which reflects the light outside and subtly changes color. The tendency toward graceful lyricism that makes use of the quiet brilliance of the gold background is seen as a new element in Mitsunobu's painting, which replaces the style of his father Eitoku. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Flower and Tree Sliding Door Painting" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…弥勒の世の到来と呼ばれた,黄金のはんらんするこの時代のイメージは,障壁画の遺品を通じて十分に受けとめることができる。狩野光信筆の園城(おんじよう)寺勧学院《花木図襖絵》(1600)の魅力は,室外の光を反射して微妙に色合いを変える金箔地の効果にある。金地の静かな輝きを生かした優美な抒情性への志向が父永徳の画風にかわる光信の画の新しい要素とみられる。…

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