Kano Hisashi Toku No Seishun Jidai Rakugai Meisho Yuraku Zu Byobu (Art Selection)

[Machine Translation] This all-color volume contains two newly discovered folding screens painted by Kano Eitoku around the age of 20. The bold close-ups of the detailed works of the young artist known for his heroic "large paintings," called "fine paintings," are included in the book. The detailed brush strokes are conveyed as if they were visible. The mystery of the painting of "Rakuchu Rakugai-zu Byobu" by Uesugi, a well-known work from Eitoku's youth, is boldly deduced from the images of people tossed about by the times.

狩野永徳が20歳前後に描いた新発見のふたつの屏風を、オールカラーで完全収録。勇壮な「大画」で知られる画家の、「細画」と呼ばれる若き日の緻密な作品を大胆なクローズアップで掲載。細やかな筆の運びがわかるかのように伝えます。永徳の若き日の作品としてつとに知られる上杉本『洛中洛外図屏風』が描かれた謎を、時代に翻弄される人間群像から大胆に推理します。