KANGA SHINAN　漢画指南

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Guide to Chinese Style Painting. A late 18c treatise on *nanga 南画 by Tatebe Ryoutai 建部凌岱 (1719-74); revised by Ryouti's disciple Koudai 鴻臺 and issued in 1776. The first section discusses the rules of landscape painting, the four noble plants *shikunshi 四君子, figures in landscape, and coloring landscape; the second section discusses rules for painting orchids, bamboo, chrysanthemum, plum and stones. Short explanations accompany illustrations. In the theoretical preface, Ryoutai makes a distinction between literati painting *bunjinga 文人画 and professional artisans *eshi 絵師. It is published in Sakazaki Tan 坂崎坦, ed., NIHON GARON TAIKAN 日本画論大観 vol. 1, 877-890.

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