"Illustrated Tales of Early Modern Craftsmen"

Japanese: 《近世職人尽絵詞》 - きんせいしょくにんづくしえことば

...He produced few portraits of beautiful women, and was not particularly renowned for his nishiki-e, but he showed his true worth in his picture books (such as "Ryakuga Shiki" and "Jinbutsu Ryakuga Shiki"), which were drawn in an abbreviated style with an extremely reduced number of brushstrokes. His "Kinsei Shokunin Zuke Ekotoba" (hand-drawn illustrations, 3 volumes, formerly owned by Matsudaira Sadanobu) is a representative work that follows the style of artisan-drawings from the Middle Ages, while vividly depicting the everyday scenery of the Edo town with his unique elegance and light brushwork. [Kano Hiroyuki]...

From "Shokunin Utaawase"

…The significance of the vocabulary and the correlation between the 71st Craftsman Poetry Contest and the Machida family's Kyoto-in-Rakugai-zu byobu (Screen-style Screen of Scenes in and Around Kyoto), Chodo-uta-awase (Pictures of Various Craftsmen in the Country), Fan-style Uta-awase (Pictures of Fan-style Uta-awase), and Shisho-no-uta-awase (Pictures of the Four Lives of Life), which were created around the same time, would also be research topics. In the Edo period, the style developed into Hishikawa Moronobu's Wa-koku Shokaku-zui (1685), Jinrei-inmon-mon-zui (Illustrated Guide to Humanity and Education) (1690), and Kuwagata Keisai's Kinsei Shokaku-zui (Illustrated Guide to Modern Craftsmen) (1805, 3 volumes). Craftsman-zui (Illustrated Guide to Modern Craftsmen) [Tokue Gensho]. …

*Some of the terminology used in "Ekotoba: Illustrated Guide to Early Modern Artisans" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…美人画は少なく，錦絵ではあまり声価を得ていないが，筆数を極端に減らして描く略画風の絵本(《略画式》《人物略画式》など)に真価を発揮した。また《近世職人尽絵詞》(肉筆画，3巻，松平定信旧蔵)は，中世以来の職人尽絵の型を踏襲しながら，江戸の町の日常風景を独特の洒脱さと軽妙な筆づかいで活写した代表作である。【狩野博幸】。…

【職人歌合】より

…語彙の意義の追究，《七十一番職人歌合》と成立の近い町田家本《洛中洛外図屛風》や《調度歌合絵》《扇歌合絵》《四生（ししよう）の歌合》との相関性なども研究課題であろう。江戸期に入って，菱川師宣の《和国諸職絵尽》(1685)，《人倫訓蒙図彙》(1690)，また鍬形蕙斎《近世職人尽絵詞》(1805成立，3巻)へと展開してゆく。職人尽絵【徳江元正】。…

※「《近世職人尽絵詞》」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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