Fujiwara no Takanobu

Fujiwara no Takanobu ( Japanese 藤原 隆 信 ; born 1142 in Kioto ; died March 19, 1205 ) was a Japanese painter of the Heian period .

life and work

Fujiwara no Takanobu was a court nobleman, son of Fujiwara no Tametsune (藤原 為 経). He excelled in painting, which he studied under Kasuga Tachika, and poetry. In his later years he took the Buddhist vows. - Takanobu is known for his lifelike portraits and reflects an increasing tendency towards realism from the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. He worked with Tokiwa Mitsunaga (常 盤 光 長) on the painting of the sliding doors, Fusuma-e (襖 絵), for the Saishokō-in temple (最 勝 光 院) in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto. The pictures show an actual visit by the emperor and his wife, with sources saying that Takanobu rendered the visitors' faces so lifelike that the aristocracy was amazed.

The well-known portraits of Minamoto no Yoritomo , Taira no Shigemori (平 重 盛; 1138–1179) and Fujiwara no Mitsuyoshi (藤原 im) owned by the Jingo-ji (神 護 寺) in the mountains on the northwestern edge of Kyoto are traditionally attributed to Takanobu. Based on its dating and style, the attribution should be correct.

His son Nobuzane and his successor continued the realistic painting style .

photos

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  Yoritomo

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  Shigmori

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  Mitsuyoshi

literature

• Tazawa, Yutaka: Fujiwara no Takanobu . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
• Laurance P. Roberts: Takanobu . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Weatherhill, 1976. ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

Web links

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Fujiwara is the family name, no Takanobu the first name.