These unique pieces feature the Paulownia Seal mica-printed onto Chinese paper screens and are said to have all been created in a single batch while the head priest was away after Tohaku proposed the idea of painted screens to him but was refused. |
桐紋雲母(きらら)刷りの唐紙襖に描かれた非常に珍しいもので、等伯が住職に襖絵製作を申し出ていたが許されなかったので、住職の留守中に一気に描きあげてしまったものだと伝えられる。 |