飛天図(杉本健吉筆)ひてんず(すぎもとけんきち)

  • 20c
  • 紙本墨画
  • H-43.5 W-76
解説(春の玉手箱)

 昭和六一年(一九八六)の神慈秀明会・祭事棟のオープン時に席画として描かれたもの。巻物を手に風を孕み飛翔する男性の飛天を伸び伸びとした筆致で描く。速筆は、対象物の真を捉えなければ表層的なものに陥りやすいが、この絵のように清々しい印象を残すところに杉本の人柄が表れている。

Catalogue Entry

Sugimoto Kenkichi (b. 1905) is from Nagoya. He established himself as a western style painter after studying with Kishida Ryusei. Many of his works deal with themes from the Nara area, and he has also produced numerous sketches from his overseas journeys.

This work was painted as an impromptu sketch upon the occasion of the 1986 opening of the Shinji Shumeikai's guest facilities, the Villa Miho. A male angel holding a scroll caught up in the wind is drawn in long, fluid brushstrokes. Unless handled just right, such a deftly speedy brush can miss the essence of its subject and lapse into a surface affect, but here the strokes convey a sense of fresh brightness, surely an expression of Sugimoto's own character.