その三方を山に囲まれた「京のみやこ」は、東西南北を碁盤の目のように規則正しく走る大路が整備され、今も1200年前とほとんど変わることのない京都の街が作られました。
その市街地の北東に東山連峰のふもとの山を背にして、曹洞宗の禅寺でもある小さな山荘・詩仙堂があります。小走りで京都を回る観光には少し離れていて、よほどのシーズンでない限り、この小さな山荘は落ち着いた静けさに包まれています。
井堂雅夫は四季折々に目を楽しませてくれる庭の風景、中でも春の庭は特別であったようで、「あやめの藍色、ツツジのピンク、銀色のうぶ毛をまとった若葉の緑たちが競いあってその命を輝かせているようだ」と言って、折々にスケッチに出かけていました。
初期から晩年まで、詩仙堂をモチーフとした作品は複数あり、プロとして初めて出版した画集の表紙にも詩仙堂の作品を選んでいます。
井堂雅夫にとって詩仙堂は何度も描きたくなるお気に入りの場所だったと思います。
Blog Post April 2021
“Irises in
Shisen-do”
In Kyoto, surrounded by mountains in its three directions, streets were developed neatly and designed in a grid that runs in every direction and the scenery has remained almost the same for 1200 years.
Shisen-do, a small mountain retreat and Zen
temple of the Soto sect is located in the northeast of downtown with its back
against the Higashiyama mountain range. It’s little far from the touristic area
of Kyoto where tourists are looking around places in a rush. Around the
retreat, the atmosphere is calm and serene except for our busiest season.
Masao Ido loved the garden landscape that
changes its colors every season and he especially loved the way the garden
looks during spring. He painted saying, “The blue of irises, pink of azaleas,
and young green leaves with their silver fur… It seems like they are competing
with one another and living intensely.”
He created a lot of Shisen-do-themed
paintings throughout his life and he chose Shisen-do as the cover of his first
collection book as a professional painter.
We believe he kept painting pictures of
Shisen-do as it was his favorite place.
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