Tanyu exercised his painting talent from childhood; in 1612, he met Ieyasu TOKUNAGA in Sunpu at the age of 11 and obtained a residence in Edo Kajibashi Mongai in 1621, subsequent to which he worked based in Edo and energetically created screen paintings in castles and large temples. 探幽は幼少時より画才を発揮し、慶長17年(1612年)、11歳の時に駿府で徳川家康に対面、元和 (日本)7年(1621年)には江戸鍛冶橋門外に屋敷を得て、以後江戸を拠点に活動し、城郭や大寺院などの障壁画を精力的に制作した。 |