Handaza　吐田座

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

One of the painting guilds or studios za 座 in the atelier *nanto-edokoro 南都絵所 in Nara, which flourished between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. It was founded by Yuuson 有尊, a follower of the Kose no Kanaoka 巨勢金岡 (act. late 9c-early 10c) school *Koseha 巨勢派 of painting, who left Kyoto for Nara in the early Kamakura period. He attached himself to the painting ateliers of Ichijouin 一乗院 and Daijouin 大乗院 at Koufukuji 興福寺. Later his eldest son Gyouson 尭尊 became the head of Ichijouin Handaza and his second son head of Daijouin Handaza. Gyouson was a skilled artist who produced the 1254 Shoukou mandara 聖皇曼荼羅 at Houryuuji 法隆寺 and his son Gyougon 尭儼, who produced the Yakushiji ita-e shinzou 薬師寺板絵神像 in 1295, also displayed outstanding ability. Gradually, however, the Ichijoin Handaza was surpassed by the *Shibaza 芝座 and the *Shounamiza 松南院座 studios, and from the middle of the Muromachi period took on the name Handasukeza 吐田助座. The Daijouin Handaza was active throughout the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. In 1288, Gyouyuu's 尭有 son, Yuugen 有厳 worked as a painter for Hasedera 長谷寺. Nehan-zu 涅槃図 (Nezu 根津 Museum, Tokyo), dated 1345, was painted jointly by Yuugen and his son Senyuu 専有.

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