御所の秋
11月になると京都市内の南北を通る道路は北から南へと順々に街路樹の銀杏が黄色く色づいていき、本格的な秋の訪れを感じるころとなります。
今月の作品｢御所の秋｣の銀杏は、京都御苑の北西部にある乾御門から入ってすぐにある銀杏です。京都に暮らす人の中では、背景の皇后門やその特徴ある樹形から「ああ、これ乾門を入ったとこの銀杏やな。」と言い当てる人も多く、親しまれている銀杏です。
井堂雅夫も内弟子時代から親しんだ御所にあるこの木の紅葉が印象深く記憶の中に残っていて作品が出来たのではないかと思います。若いころから外を歩いて帰ってくると変わった形や色の石ころや木の実、葉っぱが上着のポケットに入っていることがあり、それらが仕事机の上に並んで置かれて、井堂雅夫にスケッチされるのを待っているというのはよくある日常の光景でした。
ここをスケッチした後も、作品の中に描かれた銀杏の落ち葉の中から吟味して選んだ一枚をいつものようにポケットに入れて持ち帰ったのかもしれません。
“Autumn in the Imperial Palace”
In November, ginkgo trees along the roads running from north to south in Kyoto turn yellow one by one, making it the time of year when you can feel the arrival of autumn in full swing.
The ginkgo tree in this month's piece, "Autumn in the Imperial Palace," is located just inside the Inui Gomon Gate in the northwestern part of the Kyoto Gyoen National Garden. Many Kyoto residents can tell from the Kogomon Gate in the background and the distinctive shape of the beloved ginkgo tree that this is it right here, just inside the Inui Gomon gate.
I believe that Masao Ido was able to create this piece since the autumn leaves of this tree in the Imperial Palace, which he had been familiar with since his days as an apprentice, left a deep impression on him and was etched into his memory.
Since a young age, it was a common sight for Masao Ido to come home from a walk outside and find from his coat pockets pebbles, nuts, and leaves of unusual shapes and colors, which are all lined up on his desk and waiting to be sketched by him.
After sketching this scene, he may have taken home with him in his pocket as usual a leaf he had examined and selected from among the fallen ginkgo leaves depicted in his piece.
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