Farming and weaving - Farming and weaving

Japanese: 耕織図 - こうしょくず

It depicts rice cultivation and silk weaving. It was first presented to Emperor Gaozong by a tower in the Southern Song Dynasty in China, and has the meaning of a warning to rulers to know the hardships of farmers, and of observing agriculture. The famous example is Peiwenzai Plowing and Weaving, which was commissioned by Jiao Bingzhen for the Qing Emperor Kangxi. In Japan, it has also been painted since the Muromachi period, and there are many others, including the sliding door paintings at Daisen-in Temple by Kano Noshin.

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Japanese:

水稲耕作と蚕織作業を描いたもの。中国，南宋の楼【ちゅう】(ろうちゅう)が高宗に献じたのが最初で，為政者が農民の労苦を知るという勧戒，および観農の意味をもつ。清の康煕(こうき)帝が焦秉貞(しょうへいてい)に描かせた《佩文斎(はいぶんさい)耕織図》が有名。日本でも室町時代以降描かれ，狩野之信の大仙院襖絵(ふすまえ)ほか数多い。

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