Yukinobu Kiyohara

Japanese: 清原雪信 - きよはら・ゆきのぶ

Years of birth: unknown. Painter of the early Edo period. Born to Kuni, the niece of Kano Tan'yū, and Kusumi Morikage, one of the four great masters of Tan'yū's school. Her name was Yuki. Her mother Kuni was born to Tan'yū's younger sister Nabe and Kandari Jōan (Morishune), one of the four great masters of Tan'yū's school. Thus, the blood ties between Yukinobu and Tan'yū are strong. Because of this relationship, Yukinobu is said to have married Hirano Ihei Morikiyo, a disciple of Tan'yū, from the Kiyohara clan, and lived in Kyoto, but there are other theories. She studied painting under Tan'yū and painted under the name Kiyohara Yukinobu. She was highly popular as the most prominent female painter in the Kano school, and many of her works were left behind. She modeled her style on Tan'yū's Yamato-e style lines, and showed a gentle style that added delicate brushstrokes unique to women. However, works that show Morikage-style ink usage, such as the "Flower and Bird Screen" (owned by Itabashi Art Museum), have been discovered in recent years, and it is necessary to reconsider her style. In the large Honma folding screens set on the upper level, the brushwork is rough and the composition is lacking, but there are excellent small pieces such as hanging scrolls. One excellent colored painting is "Flower and Bird Picture" (Tokyo National Museum), which approaches the texture of Intai flower and bird paintings.

(Toshinobu Yasumura)

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

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
江戸前期の画家。狩野探幽の姪に当たる国と,探幽門下四天王のひとり久隅守景との間に生まれる。名は雪。母の国は探幽の妹鍋と探幽門下四天王のひとり神足常庵(守周)との間に生まれた。従って雪信と探幽の血のつながりは濃い。その関係で雪信は探幽門人の清原氏平野伊兵衛守清に嫁し,京都に住んだと伝えられるが,異説もある。絵を探幽に学び,清原雪信の名で描く。狩野派内随一の女性画家として人気が高く,遺作も多い。探幽のやまと絵系の線質に習い,女性特有のデリケートな筆触を加えたやさしい作風を示す。しかし,「花鳥図屏風」(板橋区立美術館蔵)のように,守景風の墨使いをみせる作品も近年発見され,画風を再考する必要がある。大上段に構えた本間屏風の大作では筆の荒さや構成力不足がみられるが,掛幅などの小品には優れた作品がある。着色画の優品としては院体花鳥画の質感に迫った「花鳥図」(東京国立博物館蔵)がある。

(安村敏信)

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