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        812   SHIBATA ZESHIN (JAPAN, 1807-1891)
              The Narrow Road to Shu                                 柴田是真（1807-1891）   日本   蜀道難


              Hanging scroll, lacquer painting on paper, signed Tairyukyo Zeshin, aged 71,   題識：行年七十一叟，對柳居是真。
              followed by a seal reading Zeshin                      鈐印：是真
              20 x 15 in. (51 x 38 cm.), excluding mount             來源
              $30,000-40,000                                         長野正晴，東京。
                                                                     Klaus F. Naumann，東京，1987年。
              PROVENANCE                                             歐雲伉儷珍藏，編號1690。
              Masaharu Nagano, Tokyo.
                                                                     展覽
              Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo, 1987.
                                                                     《East Asian Lacquer from the Florence and Herbert Irving
              The Irving Collection, no. 1690.
                                                                     Collection》，大都會博物館，紐約，1991年11月22日至1992年2月23日。
              EXHIBITED
              New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, East Asian Lacquer from the   著錄
              Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, 22 November 1991–23 February 1992.  屈志仁，Barbara Brennan Ford，《East Asian Lacquer: The Florence
                                                                     and Herbert Irving Collection》，紐約，1991年，編號148，頁290-91。
              LITERATURE
              James C. Y. Watt and Barbara Brennen Ford, East Asian Lacquer: The   柴田是真在之髹漆技術可謂登峰造極：他發明了可用於紙上繪畫，極富韌性之
              Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,   彩漆。用粘稠的漆來作畫難度極大，而用它來表現複雜的細節則堪稱展現了藝
              New York, 1991, no. 148, pp. 290-91.                   術家異乎尋常之耐心及鬼斧神工之技巧。本件畫作取材自中國，《蜀道難》故事
                                                                     源自唐明皇和楊貴妃在安史之亂中遠逃四川的歷史。這一題材在江戶時代的日
              Zeshin was a virtuoso technician: he invented fexible colored lacquers
                                                                     本十分流行。畫面左側遠景為四川首府成都，在霧中若隱若現，近景怪石嶙峋，
              that could be used on paper. Painting with lacquer, a viscous and sticky
                                                                     瀑布急流，僅有狹窄的山道和木橋可供通行。 畫家嫺熟的將繁複的細節與其
              substance, was extremely dificult. The artist’s patience and skill in
                                                                     雄健飛旋的筆法作了鮮明的對比。本幅漆畫在技術上臻於極致，可謂柴田是真
              recreating delicate details is almost unimaginable. Here, he chose a
                                                                     漆畫中的傑作。
              Chinese subject that was much beloved in Edo-period painting, the path
              in the mountains of Shu in Sichuan province in southwestern China, where
              the Tang emperor Ming Huang fed with his concubine, Yang Gueifei.
              The capital of Chengdu appears in the distance at the far left, delicately
              rendered and obscured by mist. A precarious plank bridge crosses over
              the cascading river that cuts a deep gorge through dramatic, rugged
              mountains. The artist skillfully contrasts meticulous detail with forceful,
              swirling brushwork. This small hanging scroll, a technical tour-de-force,
              is without doubt one of Zeshin’s fnest lacquer paintings.






























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