「深川の雪」 喜多川歌麿の幻の浮世絵が66年ぶりに一般公開

戦後まもなく行方不明になっていた「幻の浮世絵」が66年ぶりに一般公開されることになった。江戸時代の浮世絵師、喜多川歌麿の代表作として知られる「深川の雪」が、2012年から国内の古美術商で保管されていたという。
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岡田美術館

戦後まもなく行方不明になっていた「幻の浮世絵」が66年ぶりに一般公開されることになった。江戸時代の浮世絵師、喜多川歌麿の代表作として知られる「深川の雪」が、2012年から国内の古美術商で保管されていたことが、NHKの取材で分かったという。

日本の古美術商のもとでおととしから保管されていたことがNHKの取材で分かり、その後、本物かどうかを専門家が鑑定した結果、歌麿本人の肉筆画であることが確認されたということです。描かれている風俗や画風などを専門家が分析した結果、歌麿の晩年期に当たる19世紀初頭に描かれたとみられるということです。

(NHKニュース「歌麿の浮世絵 幻の大作見つかる」2014/03/02 12:18)

「深川の雪」は縦2メートル、横3.5メートルと巨大な肉筆の浮世絵。「品川の月」、「吉原の花」とともに、「雪月花」3部作として歌麿肉筆画の傑作と言われている。東京・深川の料亭を舞台に、27人の遊女や芸者が火鉢を囲んだり遊びに興じたりする姿が、生き生きと描かれているのが特徴だ。

1948年4月15日から銀座松坂屋で開催された「第二回浮世絵名作展覧会」にわずか3日間展示された後、行方が分からなくなった。これまではモノクロ写真しか記録が残っていなかった。

今回、パチスロメーカー大手「ユニバーサルエンターテインメント」の岡田和生会長が、古美術商から「深川の雪」を購入。岡田氏が名誉館長を務める神奈川県箱根市の岡田美術館で、4月4日から6月末まで一般公開されることになった。同館では3月2日、次のように発表している。

今回の発見に至るまで、「深川の雪」の姿を今に伝えるのは古いモノクロ写真のみでした。本作がこのようにして色鮮やかに甦り、広く一般に公開されることで、低く見られがちであった歌麿の晩年期の再評価をはじめ、歌麿研究に大いに貢献することが期待されます。

(岡田美術館『66年ぶりに一般公開喜多川歌麿「深川の雪」』 )

喜多川歌麿の浮世絵画像集
UTAMARO-Chushingura(01 of32)
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description 1 Utamaro Kitagawa: 11th ac of the Beauties de la serie Beldades parodying Chūshingura, 1794-1795, 52x39 cm . | author Utamaro ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro - Beauty at her toilet(02 of32)
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description 1 Kitagawa Utamaro - Beauty at her toilet (circa 1790). | date circa 1790 | source http://www. wikipaintings. kitagawa-utamaro/ ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Flickr - …trialsanderrors - Utamaro, Young lady blowing on a poppin, 1790(03 of32)
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org/wiki/Utamaro Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790. Modern reprint, between 1918 and 1923. From the http://loc. gov/pictures/collection/jpd/ Japanese ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Utamaro-Bijin-e-1792(04 of32)
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description 1 Kitagawa Utamaro: Three bijin, 1792. Print, 39x26 cm. | Kitagawa Utamaro, died in 1806 | permission | other_versions | other_fields ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro 001(05 of32)
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Category:Japanese prints in the Honolulu Museum of Art Category:Kitagawa Utamaro. (credit:WikiMedia:)
After Kitagawa Utamaro 001(06 of32)
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Category:Kitagawa Utamaro Category:Butterflies in art Category:Dragonflies and damselflies in art Category:Japanese prints in the ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro - Untitled - Google Art Project (805367)(07 of32)
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Kitagawa | artist_gender Male | artist_id 808341 | artist_last_name Utamaro | artist_pretty_display_date (Japan, 1753 - Japan, 1806) | ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro - Untitled - Google Art Project(08 of32)
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Kitagawa | artist_gender Male | artist_id 808341 | artist_last_name Utamaro | artist_pretty_display_date (Japan, 1753 - Japan, 1806) | ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Utamaro Naniwaya Okita.JPG(09 of32)
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She was a servant in a tea house close to Asakusa, and is often shown in Utamaro\'s woodcut prints. Nishiki-e, ôban size, mica ground. | ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro - Kin ki so ga(10 of32)
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Description 1 Kitagawa Utamaro La pittura. Kin ki so ga (Le quattro virtù). 1790 c. Oban tate-e. Nishiki-e. Collezione privata. | ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro - Upon My Oath(11 of32)
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Category:Kitagawa Utamaro-Category:Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. PD-old-100 (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro - Hinakoto the courtesan - Google Art Project(12 of32)
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Kitagawa | artist_gender Male | artist_id 808341 | artist_last_name Utamaro | artist_pretty_display_date (Japan, 1753 - Japan, 1806) | ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
L'amour profondément caché, par Utamaro.JPG(13 of32)
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Description 1 Amour profondément caché, by Utamaro. Mica background (kira-e). Nishiki-e ca. 1793-1794. | Source | Author | Date 1793- ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa utamaro, fiori di parole, 1790 circa.JPG(14 of32)
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Category:Kitagawa Utamaro Category:Ukiyo-e paintingsCategory:Room 92-94, British Museum Category:Photographs by User:Sailko. (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro Omigaya(15 of32)
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Description 1 Kitagawa Utamaro: Omigaya «婦人泊客之図» | Source The book | Author | Date 18th century | Permission | other_versions ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Utamaro L'heure du serpent.JPG(16 of32)
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Description 1 Woodcut print by Utamaro : Hour of the Snake (i.e. 10 o\'clock), from the Twelve Hours of the Green Houses (1794). | ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro - Two Beauties with Bamboo - Google Art Project(17 of32)
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Kitagawa | artist_gender Male | artist_id 713512 | artist_last_name Utamaro | artist_nationality Japan | artist_pretty_display_date (1753 - ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro - Ten physiognomic types of women, Coquettish type - Google Art Project(18 of32)
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1806 | absolute_url /collection/tokyo-national-museum/artwork/ten-physiognomic-types-of-women-coquettish-type-kitagawa-utamaro/453023/ | ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Japan Ukiyo-é Painting Jeux de miroir 1797-Kitagawa Utamaro (4801276901)(19 of32)
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Description This one arts print show the women playing with their miror, made by Kitagawa Utamaro, from the floating world and Geishas.. ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro I, Japanese - Two Geishas and a Tipsy Client - Google Art Project(20 of32)
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Kitagawa | artist_gender Male | artist_id 806063 | artist_last_name Utamaro I | artist_nationality Japanese | artist_pretty_display_date ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Brooklyn Museum - Page from an Album or Illustrated Book - Kitagawa Utamaro(21 of32)
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Category:Kitagawa_Utamaro Category:Woodcuts of people Category:Asian Art in the Brooklyn Museum. (credit:WikiMedia:)
Brooklyn Museum - Large Head and Bust Portrait of Beauty - Kitagawa Utamaro(22 of32)
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cm | 38.3 | 25.1 | Gallery | Location collection asia | Credit_line Museum Collection Fund | Notes | signed Utamaro-fude | Source http://www. ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa utamaro, piaceri eleganti, tarda estate a takanawa, XVIII sec.JPG(23 of32)
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Category:Kitagawa Utamaro Category:Ukiyo-e in the Tokyo National Museum Category:Photographs by User:Sailko. (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa utamaro, guida agli stili femminili contemporanei, signora di un cittadino, XIX sec.JPG(24 of32)
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Category:Kitagawa Utamaro Category:Ukiyo-e in the Tokyo National Museum Category:Photographs by User:Sailko. (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro - Mother Holding Child as He Plays with a Toy Fish in a Tub of Water - MFA Boston 11.22154(25 of32)
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Category:Uploaded with UploadWizard Category:Kitagawa Utamaro. (credit:WikiMedia:)
Kitagawa Utamaro - The Hour of the Dragon The Twelve Hours in the Yoshiwara MFA Boston 21.6527(26 of32)
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357; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list 35.5; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 129.2.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), 191; Ukiyo-e ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Brooklyn Museum - Three Seated Ladies with Lanterns Tea Pot Candle Holder and Stringed Instrument - Kitagawa Utamaro(27 of32)
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Category:Kitagawa Utamaro Category:Asian Art in the Brooklyn Museum Category:Tea pots in art Category:Lanterns in art Category:Candle ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Utamaro - The Courtesan Takikawa of the Ogiya Brothel Accompanied by her Kamuro, 1801(28 of32)
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Description The Courtesan Takikawa of the Ogiya Brothel Accompanied by her Kamuro by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801, Honolulu Museum of Art | Source ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Brooklyn Museum - Washing Clothes (Sentaku) from Women's Handicrafts Models of Dexterity (Fujin Tewaza Ayatsuri Kagami) - Kitagawa Utamaro(29 of32)
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Location collection asia | Credit_line Gift of Frederic B. Pratt | Inscriptions Utamaro Hitsu | type signature | Notes | Source http://www. ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Brooklyn Museum - Mother and Child Gazing at a Hand Mirror from Furyu Kodakara Awase - Kitagawa Utamaro(30 of32)
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Category:Kitagawa Utamaro Category:Asian Art in the Brooklyn Museum Category:mother and child in art Category:People with mirrors in art ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Brooklyn Museum - Dressing a Boy on the Occasion of His First Letting His Hair Grow - Kitagawa Utamaro - overall(31 of32)
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signed Utamaro fude. type Publisher\'s seal | Murataya, Jirobei | Source http://www. brooklynmuseum. org/opencollection/objects/88/Dressing_a_ ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
Brooklyn Museum - "Kaiyoikomachi" A Geisha in her Lover's Room from Futaba gusa Nanakomachi - Kitagawa Utamaro(32 of32)
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cm | 38.0 | 25.0 | Gallery | Location collection asia | Credit_line Museum Collection Fund | Notes | signed Utamaro Fude | Source http://www. ... (credit:WikiMedia:)
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