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郷土玩具・土人形・島霞谷研究
(山鹿英助)
Hometown toys, clay dolls and Koku Shima's research
(Eisuke Yamaga) |
桐生市永楽町
Eiraku-cho Kiryu-city |
| Tel:(0277)22-3374 |
全国の土人形、ポリネシア、インドネシアなど国内外のお面、雛(ひな)人形、掛け軸雛、夜具地の筒描き、絵絣(かすり)、縞(しま)などの染織資料を収集。
「桐生羽子板」(芦屋市・滴翠美術館蔵)や前橋の袖凧(そでだこ)、剣凧、高崎の袖凧など「上州凧」を復元。利枝夫人は「桐生姉様人形」を桐生和紙で復元した。
桐生が生んだ国学者・黒川真頼の書簡、歌の短冊、開国の時代の写真家で初期の鉛活字をつくった島霞谷研究資料。
幕末の洋学者で南画家の渡辺崋山(１７９３〜１８４１)が天保２年１０月、桐生の岩本茂兵衛にとついだ妹登茂をたずねたさいに描いた「吾妻山と御嶽山と光明寺」「雷電山から望む桐生新町」「小倉峠から望む小倉村(川内町)」などスケッチ１６点(静岡市・常葉学園蔵)を複写した。
崋山の旅日記『毛武游記(ゆうき)』に付随するもので興味深い。山鹿さんは銃砲店経営、日本人形玩具学会会員。
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Here you will find a collection of dolls from around the country, masks from Polynesia,
Indonesia and other areas, 'hina' dolls, 'hina' hanging scrolls, and quilted, striped, and
spashed pattern ('kasuri') fabric samples.
Mr. Yamaga has done restorative work on the 'Kiryuu battledores', (Tekisui art gallery
collection, Ashiya city) and Gunma sleeve and sword kites from Maebashi and Takazaki,
while his wife Toshie has brought Kiryuu elder sister ('onesama') dolls back to life using
local 'washi' paper.
Also in their collection are the letters and song sheets of Mayori Kurokawa, a
Kiryuu-born Japanese historian; the research of Koku Shima, a photographer at the time the
Japan was opened to foreign trade and inventor of early lead type; and duplicates of 16
sketches by late Edo Western studies scholar and southern painter, Kazan Watanabe (1793 -
1841).
Composed in October, Tenpo-2, at the request of his younger sister, Tomo, who was
married to Mohei Iwamoto of Kiryuu, they include 'Mt.Azuma, Mt.Ongoku and Kohmei Temple',
'Kiryuu's Shinmachi from Mt. Raiden' and 'Oguramura from the top of Ogura' (Jouyou Gakuen
collection, Shizuoka city).
Kazan's travel log, 'Yuuki', accompanies the sketches, making for an interesting
collection. Mr. Yamaga is a member of the Gun Shop Business and Japan Doll and Toy
Research associations. |
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