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金沢絵日記かなざわえにっき

大正12年(1923)

紙本墨画淡彩・折帖

(各)30.2 × 42.0cm

郷土会第8回展

車で東京から別荘のある横浜の金沢に向かう途中、川崎で祭に遭遇したことに始まる全20図の絵日記です。
娘たちの色とりどりの水着姿や、四阿(あずまや)で寛いだり机に向かったりする自身の姿、また、見物した村芝居の様子や、探検気分でドイツ人の別荘を見に行く場面などを軽やかな筆致で描きました。別荘を訪れる歌舞伎役者の六代目尾上梅幸の姿もあり、当時の交友関係を知ることもできます。


Kanazawa Enikki (Kanazawa Sketch Diary) (1923)
ink and pale color on paper; accordion-folded album (sketch diary)
30.2 x 42.0 cm each
(First Exhibited at the 8th Kyōdo-kai Exhibition)

Comprising twenty pages, this diary begins with a sketch of a festival in Kawasaki, which Kiyokata happened across while driving from Tokyo to his summer home in Kanazawa, Yokohama.
Using light brush strokes, Kiyokata has sketched his daughters dressed in colorful swimwear, himself working at his desk and relaxing at Azumaya (a gazebo), scenes from a visit to a local theater, and the sense of adventure felt on going to see the summer home of a German neighbor. We also learn something about his circle of friends, including a sketch of a visit by the kabuki actor Onoe Baikō VI to the summer home.