Kakejiku (or hanging scroll), also called Kakemono.
Contemporary reproduction of a work by Fujisawa Nangaku (1842-1920).
Born in Sanuki province, the eldest son of Fujisawa Toga, he was an active Confucian scholar from the end of the Edo period until the Meiji period.
He inherited the Osaka Hakuen Academy from his father and had thousands of disciples. He eliminated heretics and valued loyalty to the lord. In the service of the Takamatsu estate, he transformed the theory of the estate from a samurai sect to an imperial court sect overnight. After the Boshin War, he strove to preserve the clan, studied at the Kodokan clan school and established the Taisei Church in 1887.
This work is entitled « Farewell to Sakurai ».
It is an anecdote about the separation of Kusunoki Masashige, a famous samurai who lived in the 14th century, and his son Masayuki. A dramatic and moving separation between a father and his son.
After their farewell at Sakurai station, Masashige went to the battle of Minatogawa and lost his life in battle. This story is also known as Farewell to Sakurai Station or Farewell to Sakurai. It is one of the most famous scenes in the classic literature « Taihei-ki » (太平記, « Chronicle of the Great Peace ») is a Japanese work on Japanese history), and was included in all pre-war educational textbooks for the Japanese, Shusei and Kokushi.
Painting on paper.
Dimensions : 144 x 66 cm
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