Pictorial representations of The Tale of Genji, known as Genji-e, have been created in great numbers from the Heian period to the present day. This research group seeks to provide a comprehensive view of the tradition of Genji-e as a whole and deepen our understanding of Genji-e and “Genji culture” through a sustained study of both the artworks and broader cultural practices that draw inspiration from and reinterpret The Tale of Genji.
This session was held in a public format and focused on the work of Iwasa Matabei (1578–1650), who innovated the genre of Genji-e during the early modern period by introducing new compositional approaches and scene selections. Leading Matabei scholars HIROMI Nobuhiko and TODA Hiroyuki gave presentations introducing works by Matabei and related artists, analyzing their distinctive features from various angles.
A particularly in-depth discussion took place regarding the “Kanaya Byōbu,” a set of folding screens (a pair of six-fold screens, now remounted as hanging scrolls and held in private collections, with two panels currently unaccounted for) once owned by the wealthy Kanaya merchant family in Fukui. Topics included the dating of the work and the original arrangement of its panels as screens. The details of the event, which welcomed roughly forty participants, can be found below.
第1部（14:00～15:30） Presentation
- 司会：稲本万里子（恵泉女子大学）
- 発表1：廣海伸彦（出光美術館）「出光美術館の源氏絵―葵巻の絵画化を中心に」
- 発表2：戸田浩之（皇居三の丸尚蔵館）「岩佐⼜兵衛筆「和漢故事説話図」（福井県⽴美術館蔵）の源⽒絵について」
Presentation
第2部（15:45～17:00）：Free talk and Q&A session
- 司会：三宅秀和（群馬県立女子大学）
- 廣海＋戸田「岩佐又兵衛の源氏絵―旧金屋屏風を基点に」
Free talk session
開催概要
- Date and time：March, 22 14:00〜17:00 （JST）
- Format：Face to face
- Venue： Rm. AV, Bldg. 38, Toyama Campus
- Organized by：Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)（Principal Investigator・Inamoto Mariko）「Comprehensive and emergentive Genji paintings research by sharing and utilizing the Genji Culture Portal」
- Co-Organized by：Ryusaku Tsunoda Center of Japanese Culture, Waseda University
