Mar. 17, 2020 (Tue) ~ May. 17. 2020(Sun)
"Noukouzu" (drawing of farming) is also known as "kousakuzu" (drawing of cultivation) and it depicts farmers who were working in the field. It seems that this type of drawing has a long history in Japan considering that a drawing of four seasons was completed in the Heian period (9th century) carries an image of rice planting. In the Muromachi period, Koushokuzu, (drawing of cultivation and weaving) was derived from China and became popular to jointly depict both a scenery of farming, which was then considered as a job for males and scenery of sericulture and weaving, which were then considered as jobs for females, in an artwork.
This exhibition mainly introduces two kinds of picture scrolls, the “Piled Rice Bales” (first and second volumes) and the “Encyclopedia of Agriculture” (first and second volumes) both were drawn during the Edo period. They both describe a year of ordinal people and the seasonal cultivations; however, they look far from frugal. Most of the scenes were gorgeously showed applying gold leaf. Farmer themselves look gorgeous wearing gilded kimonos. For what reason and purpose these agricultural drawings were created?
Let’s find out!
exhibition leaflet
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