Edo Meisho Dzu Bebu ( Jap. 江 戶名 所 図 Edo Meisho Dzou: bu , literally “screen depicting sights of the city of Edo ” [1] ) is a pair of eight- fold screen that is stored in the Idemitsu Art Museum [2] of Tiyou special district in Tokyo .
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Historical context and historical value of the screen
Edo City [k. 1] , depicted on the Edo Meisho Ju Bebu , along with Osaka and Kyoto, was the largest city of the Tokugawa era . The turning point in his history was the transfer there of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1590 his residence from Suruga province. From that moment on, his rapid development and development began [3] . However, in 1657, the great fire of the years of Meireki [c. 2] , as a result of which a large part of the city was destroyed [4] .
Edo Meisho Joo Bebu is one of the few pictorial sources to judge what Edo looked like before the Maereki fire. Some Japanese historians, such as Hidenobu Jinnai, Jun Hatano and Kunihiko Mizumoto, include Edo meisho ju bebu among the main sources for studying urban construction, water supply systems and other Edo infrastructure facilities of the time [5] .
Authorship of a screen
The Edo meisho juzu beboo was created by an unknown author during Kanyei (1624–1644) and depicts the city of Edo of that time [6] , as evidenced by the presence of images of the theater district to the south of the Nakabashi bridge and the Kanye -ji temple under construction. The screen does not contain direct indications of its author or customer of creation, however, according to researcher Masato Naito, the author of the screen could be related to the school of the artist Iwasa Matabay (1578-1650), and the screen itself was made by order of a samurai or wealthy citizen of the principality Fukui [7] .
Screen Characteristics
Edo Meisho dzu bebu is a paired eight-fold screen: the length of one half of it is 488 cm, and the height is 107 cm [2] ; in expanded form, the length of the screen reaches almost 10 m. Such size and structure of the screen are atypical for the time of its creation: at that time, the most common screen was 350–360 cm long and 150–160 in height [8] [9] .
Screen images
The Edo Meisho Jou Bebou Shirma is an extensive panorama of Edo [8] , which presents about 40 different objects of the city: water bodies - the Kanda and Sumida rivers, Edo Bay; Edo Castle (depicted in the center of a screen made up of two halves [8] ), a moat around the castle; the estate of Prince Matsudaira from Fukui ; bridges - Shimbashi, Nihonbashi, Nakabashi, Kobasi, Asakusabashi, Sudzikaybasi; temples and shrines — Yujima Tenjin, Kanda Me-jin, Senso-ji, Kan-ji, Zojo-ji; places of rest and amusements - Kabuki Theater, Puppet Theater , Yoshiwara quarter, Sauna [10] , etc.
Other screens of the early 17th century with an image of Edo
Edo Meisho juzu Bebu is not the only screen created at the beginning of the 17th century and depicting Edo of that period. Images of the city before the fire of Meyreki are also present on other screens [10] :
- Tikujё zu bebu (“Screen depicting the construction of Edo Castle”, is located in the Museum of Art of Nagoya),
- Edo zu bebu ("Edo Screen", located in the Tokyo City Historical Museum),
- Edo Meisho Yuraku Ju Bebu ("Screen with the image of famous places of entertainment Edo", located in the Museum of Art of the city of Khosomi)
- Edo Tanka Matsuri Joo Bebu (“Screen featuring Tenka Matsuri in Edo”, is in a private collection).
Unlike Edo Meisho Jou Bebu , these screens have a limited scope and depict only some places of Edo [10] . In addition, in comparison with other screens, the daily life of the citizens is more fully reflected in the images of Edo Meisho ju bebu, [5] .
See also
- One hundred famous species of Edo - a series of engravings by Utagawa Hiroshige with images of Edo from the mid-19th century
Comments
- ↑ The modern name of Edo is Tokyo .
- ↑ Maereki - a period in Japanese history from April 1655 to July 1658.
Notes
- ↑ Kikteva, 2010 , p. 105
- ↑ 1 2 Kikteva, 2010 , p. 107.
- ↑ Kikteva, 2010 , p. 99
- ↑ Kikteva, 2010 , p. 104
- ↑ 1 2 Kikteva, 2010 , p. 110.
- ↑ Jinnai H., translated by Nishimura K. Tokyo, a spatial anthropology = 東京 の 人類学. - University of California Press, 1995. - p. 87. - 236 p. - ISBN 978-0-52-007135-3 .
- ↑ Naito, 2003 , p. 121.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Kikteva, 2010 , p. 108
- ↑ Nikolayeva N. S. A screen is a thing and a picture // A thing in Japanese culture / Compiled by N. G. Anarin, E. M. Dyakonova. - M .: Oriental Literature Publishing Company of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003. - P. 172. - 262 p. - 1000 copies - ISBN 5-02-018350-4 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Kikteva, 2010 , p. 109.
Literature
- In Russian
- Kikteva M.M. Shirma “Edo meisho juzu bebu ” as a source on the history of the city of Edo from the beginning of the Tokugawa era // History and culture of traditional Japan 3 / Ed. I.S. Smirnova , resp. ed. A. N. Meshcheryakov . - M .: Natalis, 2010. - p. 98-116. - 480 s. - (Orientalia et classica. Proceedings of the Institute of Oriental Cultures and Antiquity. Issue XXXII). - 300 copies - ISBN 978-5-7281-1137-5 .
- In japanese
- Naito M. Idemitsu Bijutsukanzō Edo meishozu byōbu: Ōedo gekijō no maku ga aku = 光 美術館 蔵 江 戶名 所 図 屏風: 大江 戶 劇場 の 幕 が 開 く. - Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2003. - 127 p. - (Āto Serekushon). - ISBN 978-4-096-07017-8 .
- Ogi S., Takeuchi M. Edo meishozu byōbu no sekai = 江 戶名 所 図 屏風 の 世界. - Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1992. - 92 p. - (Bijuaru bukku Edo Tokyo). - ISBN 978-4-000-08481-9 .