Sumiyoshi Gukei

Japanese: 住吉具慶 - すみよし・ぐけい

Year of death: 25 April 1705
Year of birth: 1631
One of the leading Yamato-e painters of the early Edo period. Born in Kyoto as the eldest son of Jokei Hiromichi. His first name was Hirozumi, and later Hirosumi. He was commonly known as Naiki. His other name was Matsuiwa. On May 17, 1674 (Enpo 2), he shaved his head and was ordained by Myoho-in Gyojo Hoshinno, taking the Buddhist name Gukei, and on June 4 of the same year, he was bestowed the title of Hokkyo. In the sixth year of the same year, he produced the "Ireduregusa Sketchbook" (Tokyo National Museum) when Asukai Masaaki's granddaughter married into the Matsudaira family of Echizen. In the seventh year of the same year, he completed the "Toshogu Engi-e" (The Origin of the Toshogu Shrine), which his father Jokei had left unfinished, and brought it to Edo, where he received 200 ryo as a reward from Shogun Ietsuna. At that time, he produced the "Gensan Daishi Engi-e" and "Jigen Daishi Engi-e" (both in the Kan'ei-ji Temple collection) at the Kan'ei-ji Temple where he was staying. In the same year, he was ordered by the Imperial Court to copy "Essays on Annual Events." In 1683, he was summoned to Edo and became an official painter for the shogunate, which had a monopoly on the Kano school. In 1691, he became an inner circle physician and was ordained a hōgen along with Kano Masunobu and Kitamura Kigin. He was buried at Rosan-ji Temple in Kyoto and Gokoku-in Temple at Kan'ei-ji Temple. In addition to the above, his representative works include "City and Country Scroll" (owned by Kofuku-in Temple) and "The Tale of Genji Illustrated Scroll" (private collection). <References> Omura Seigai (ed.), "A Complete View of Oriental Art," vol. 5

(Satoru Sakakibara)

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没年：宝永2.4.3(1705.4.25)
生年：寛永8(1631)
江戸前期を代表する,やまと絵系画家のひとり。如慶広通の長男として京都に生まれた。名は初め広純,のち広澄。通称は内記。別号に松岩があった。延宝2(1674)年5月17日妙法院尭恕法親王のもとで剃髪得度,法名を具慶とし,同年6月4日法橋に叙せられた。同6年飛鳥井雅章の孫娘が越前松平家へ輿入れするに際し「徒然草画帖」(東京国立博物館蔵)を制作。同7年父如慶が未完成に終わった「東照宮縁起絵」を完成させて江戸へ持参,その功により将軍家綱から褒美として200両を拝領。その際逗留先の寛永寺で「元三大師縁起絵」および「慈眼大師縁起絵」(ともに寛永寺蔵)を制作した。同8年禁裏の命により「年中行事絵」の模写を果たす。天和3(1683)年江戸に召し出され,狩野派の独占状態であった幕府の御用絵師となる。元禄4(1691)年奥医師並となり,狩野益信,北村季吟と共に法眼に叙せられた。京都廬山寺および寛永寺護国院に葬られた。代表作に上記のほか「都鄙図巻」(興福院蔵),「源氏物語絵巻」(個人蔵)などがある。<参考文献>大村西崖編『東洋美術大観』5巻

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