Stock Photo - Men haori with the hills near the Daikyoan temple, Haori for a man with a decoration on the lining of a circular image of a hilly landscape with a calligraphic poem above it, visible between two sliding doors with calligraphy and a stamp, bottom left a triangular surface with a diamond pattern with an image of a black tea bowl, top right a tea scoop (chashaku) with its box. On the right sliding door: 'Takagamine Koetsu', seal 'Daikyoan', on the left door 'Konoe Ozan', signature (kao), possibly not from Ozan. The calligrapher Konoe Nobuhiro (1599-1649), priest name Ozan, also trained in poetry, the tea ceremony and the incense play, played an important role in the artistic life at the Imperial court of the first half of the 17th century. He was in the same circles as the calligrapher and ceramist Hon’ami Koetsu (1558-1637), the depicted tea bowl is in Koetsu's style and shows similarities with the bowl? 'Azuma'. The drawing on the bowl is reminiscent of the round hills of Takagamine, visible here through the open sliding doors of (probably) the Daikyoan temple. The atmosphere of the landscape is illustrated by the poem by Fujiwara Toshinari (1114-1204), pictured above the hills: 'Yo no naka yo michi koso nakere omoi iru yama no oku ni mo shika so naku naru' ('There is no escape from the world, I think. Even deep in the mountains the call of deer sounds. The tea scoop box bears the name of the tea scoop: [..] '..' ('..') Black glossy silk (habutae), the brown lining with brocade woven decoration. Five family arms (mon) from (tomoe)., anonymous, Japan, 1920 - 1940, silk, h 128 cm × w 98 cm

Stock Photo: Men haori with the hills near the Daikyoan temple, Haori for a man with a decoration on the lining of a circular image of a hilly landscape with a calligraphic.

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