ベトナムの千羽鶴

1月7日（水）晴

8月に注文した「満月と千羽鶴」がやっと到着。待ったぞう。原画は加山又造の6曲2連の屏風絵。中国の工芸社が原画をモチーフに蒔絵と螺鈿の3連の板絵に。我が家の千羽鶴は中国製を模倣したベトナム製で、原画とはかなり異なる趣。原画の渋味が南下するにつれて派手目になり、空間的な構成が物象的な表現に変化。期待外れとユミは御冠ですが、東南アジア美術を見慣れている僕は結構興味深い。

中国の千羽鶴

元祖・日本の千羽鶴

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1000 cranes from Vietnam
Wed. January 7 : fine

Those 3 panels of “full moon and 1000 cranes” have just arrived. I was completely feeling tired of waiting for them. The original design is 2 pairs of 6 folding screens painted by Matazo Kayama. As these panels are made in Vietnam imitating Chinese ones, they seem quite different from original ones. The austere elegance of original ones has changed louder and louder and the special structure, to graphic when they went down to the south. Yumi isn’t satisfied with them because they are not what she expected but I am interested in them because I’m familiar with East south Asian arts.

1000 cranes from China

original 1000 cranes from Japan