On a sunny Saturday, I visited the “Izumi City Kuboso Memorial Museum” in Izumi City, Osaka.  The oriental antique arts collected by the successive owners of Kuboso, who were very successful in the cotton industry, which  was the core industry of modern Japan, is exhibited, and it is one of the largest and highest quality personal collections in Japan. It is a museum with many masterpieces such as picture scrolls and ceramics.  This time, in an exhibition called “Tosa School and Sumiyoshi School—Development of Yamato-e and Individuality of School—“,  the genealogy of Yamato-e from the early Edo period to the end of the Edo period was introduced mainly by Tosa school and Sumiyoshi school.  I was a little tired because there were too many exhibits, but when I finished looking at the Japanese garden and the setting sun in front of the waiting room, I was filled with indescribable satisfaction.

秋晴れの土曜日、大阪和泉市にある「和泉市久保惣記念美術館」を訪ねました。近代日本の基幹産業である綿業で大成功した久保惣の歴代当主達が収集した東洋古美術を展示し、個人コレクションとしては日本でも有数の規模と質の高さをもつものであり、絵画、絵巻、陶磁など多くの名品を揃えた美術館です。今回は「土佐派と住吉派—やまと絵の展開と流派の個性—」と名打った展覧会で、江戸時代前期から幕末にわたるやまと絵の系譜を、土佐派と住吉派を中心にご紹介されていました。余りにも展示品が多くて多少疲れましたが、見終わって、控室の前に広がる日本庭園と夕日を見ていると、なんとも言いようのない満足感が心に満ちました。