円山応挙筆 六如賛 残月牽牛花図
Morning Glories under the Waning Moon
Painted by Maruyama Ōkyo
Inscription by Rikunyo (Jishū)
ca. 1794
Title:
円山応挙筆 六如賛 残月牽牛花図
Morning Glories under the Waning Moon
Morning Glories under the Waning Moon
Additional Titles:
Transliterated title: Zangetsu kengyūka zu
Altenative Japanese title: 残月朝顔図
Creator:
Date:
ca. 1794
Period:
Culture:
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 35 × 11 1/4 in. (88.9 × 28.6 cm); Image with mounting: 71 1/2 × 16 3/4 (181.6 × 42.5 cm)
Classification:
Inscriptions, Signatures, and Seals:
Inscription:
倦夜不眠汗蘸肌
譙鐘四點欲明遅
攬衣立盡笆籬月
偶看牽牛破莟時
A weary night without sleep, sweat soaking the skin,
The watchtower bell strikes four; the dawn is slow to come.
Drawing on my robes, I stand by the fence until the moon fades,
I chance to glance upon the morning glory as its bud breaks.
Signature: Shaku Rikunyo 釋六如
Seals: (upper right, rectangular relief seal) 白樓; (below the signature, square intaglio seal) Jishū asana Rikunyo 慈周字六如; (square relief seal) Hakurōtei shujin 白樓亭主人
Painting:
Signature: Ōkyo tōkaga 應挙燈下畫 （Ōkyo painted under the lamp）
Seals: (below the signature) Ōkyo no in 應挙之印 (Ōkyo’s seal)
Provenance:
Purchased from Marui Gasendō 圓井雅選堂, 2026.
Exhibition History:
Fuchu Art Museum. Fantasutikku : Edo kaiga no yume to kūsō ファンタスティック : 江戶絵画の夢と空想 (Fantastic : dreams and fantasies of Edo paintings). Rotation 2. April 12–May 8, 2016.
Nezu Museum. Maruyama Ōkyo: Opening up New Terrain in Japanese Painting (Special Exhibition: Celebrating the Museum's 75th Anniversary) 開館 75周年記念特別展 円山応挙:「写生」を超えて. Gallery/Chapter 2: Signs of Early Art Training and Use of Sketching. Rotation 2, November 29–December 18, 2016
Nezu Museum. Maruyama Ōkyo: Opening up New Terrain in Japanese Painting (Special Exhibition: Celebrating the Museum's 75th Anniversary) 開館 75周年記念特別展 円山応挙:「写生」を超えて. Gallery/Chapter 2: Signs of Early Art Training and Use of Sketching. Rotation 2, November 29–December 18, 2016
Literature:
[1] Kaneko Nobuhisa 金子信久 in Fuchu Art Museum 府中市美術館, ed. Fantasutikku : Edo kaiga no yume to kūsō ファンタスティック : 江戶絵画の夢と空想. Fuchū-shi: Fuchu Art Museum, 2016.
[2] Noguchi Takeshi 野口剛 in Nezu Museum 根津美術館, ed. Kaikan nijūgo-shūnen kinen tokubetsuten, Maruyama Ōkyo : "shasei" o koete 開館75周年記念特別展 円山応挙:「写生」を超えて (Maruyama Ōkyo: Opening up New Terrain in Japanese Painting––Special Exhibition: Celebrating the Museum's 75th Anniversary). Tokyo: Nezu Museum, 2016. no. 41, p. 183
[3] Noguchi Takeshi 野口剛. "Gekkō" to shijō no kaifuku: Shi Maruyama Ōkyo to no kakawari kara mita Nagasawa Rosetsu no shiteki igi 「月光」と詩情の回復－師・円山応挙との関わりからみた長沢芦雪の史的意義. Tōkyō Daigaku Bungakubu Bijutsushi Kenkyūshitsu Kenkyū Kiyō: Bijutsushi Ronsō 東京大学文学部美術史研究室研究紀要 美術史論叢, no. 41 (2025). pp. 35–54. fig. 16
