Tsuruzawa Tangei (D.1769)

Kirin beneath pine tree

Details

Tsuruzawa Tangei (D.1769)
Kirin beneath pine tree
Signed Hogen Tangei hitsu, sealed Moriyoshi
Two-panel screen; ink, color, gold and gold leaf on paper
59¼ x 68¾in. (150.5 x 174.6cm.)

Exhibited

Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, "Kaikan rokujusshunen kinen: Junishi no dobutsu tachi, Kodomo to otona no bijutsu kansho" (60th anniversary of the opening: Animals of the Twelve Horary Signs, Art appreciation for children and adults), 1996.9.3-29

"Genroku-Kansei: Shirarezaru goyo eshi no sekai ten" (Genroku-Kansei Eras: Exhibition of the world of the unknown painter-in-residence), shown at the following venues;
Ginza Matsuya Department Store, Tokyo, 1998.1.3-19
Nanba Takashimaya Department Store, Osaka, 1998.1.29--2.10
Matsuzakaya Museum, Nagoya, 1998.2.26--3.10

PUBLISHED:
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, ed., Kaikan rokujusshunen kinen: Junishi no dobutsu tachi, Kodomo to otona no bijutsu kansho (60th anniversary of the opening: Animals of the Twelve Horary Signs, Art appreciation for children and adults) (Osaka: Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, 1996), pl. 40.

Kano Hiroyuki et al., Jidai byobu shuka zokuhen (Collection of antique screens, supplementary volume) (Kyoto: Shikosha tosho hanbai, 1993), pl. 61.

Asahi shinbunsha bunka kikakukyoku bunka kikakubu, ed., supervised by Matsudaira Norimasa, Kimura Jukei and Tanaka Toshio, Genroku-Kansei: Shirarezaru goyo eshi no sekai ten (Genroku-Kansei eras: Exhibition of the world of the unknown painter-in-residence) (Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1998), pl. 46.

Lot Essay

Tangei was the son of Tanzan (1655-1729), a pupil of Kano Tan'yu. Tanzan was the founder of the Tsuruzawa school. In the Genroku era (1688-1703) Emperor Higashiyama made him a "painter-in-residence" (goyo eshi) in Kyoto. Tangei received the honorary title Hogen and is well known as the teacher of Ishida Yutei (1721-1786), who in turn was the teacher of Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795).

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