Bird feather standing woman folding screen

Japanese: 鳥毛立女屛風 - とりげりつじょのびょうぶ

This is one of the few painted folding screens that came from the Shosoin Repository, painted in the mid-8th century. It depicts a "beauty under a tree," a painting that has been passed down from as far away as the Middle East throughout Asia, with three standing and three seated figures on six panels. Most of the feathers of animals such as pheasants that were originally affixed to the clothes have fallen off, but fortunately there has been little retouching on the facial features, and in the rich expressions one can sense the breath of Tenpyo culture, which played an important role in international artistic styles under the influence of the culture of the prosperous Tang dynasty. Preserved in the Shosoin Repository. [Sudo Hirotoshi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

8世紀中ごろに描かれた正倉院伝来の数少ない画屛風。遠く中東からアジア全域に伝わる〈樹下美人図〉を立像と座像3扇ずつ6扇に描いている。衣服の部分に当初貼付（ちようふ）されていたヤマドリなどの羽毛はほとんど剝落したが，幸い顔容には補筆も少なく，その豊麗な表情には盛唐文化の影響のもとに国際的な芸術様式の一翼を担った天平文化の息吹が感じられる。正倉院蔵。【須藤弘敏】

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