The King's Saint

Japanese: 欽可聖 - きんかせい

…After that, portraits of successive kings from King Shō En onwards were painted in brilliant colours, but the names of the artists are unknown. Among the painters from the royal court period, Kinkasei (Gusukuma Kiyotaka, 1614-44) was known as a genius and was recommended by the Chinese Chen Yuanfu and the Japanese Kano Yasunobu. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Go Shiken (Yamaguchi Muneki) and his disciple In Genryō (Zamami Yoshō) were born. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "King Caesar" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その後，尚円王以来歴代国王の肖像画が極彩色で描かれているが，いずれも画家の名は判明しない。王府時代の画家では欽可聖（きんかせい）(城間（ぐすくま）清豊，1614‐44)が天才自了（じりよう）とよばれ，中国の陳元輔や日本の狩野安信らに推称されたという。17～18世紀には呉師虔（ごしけん）(山口宗季)とその弟子殷元良（いんげんりよう）(座間味庸昌)を生んだ。…

※「欽可聖」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について | 情報

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