■Shokokuji Temple Exhibition opens at the University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, featuring masterpieces by Jakuchu, Tohaku, and others associated with the Zen temple.
京都・相国寺にゆかりの名品を一堂に紹介する展覧会「相国寺展―金閣・銀閣 鳳凰がみつめた美の歴史」が、東京藝術大学大学美術館（東京都台東区）で開幕した。会期は5月25日まで。相国寺承天閣美術館の開館40周年を記念し、室町時代から近世に至る禅宗寺院の文化と美術を紹介する。
The exhibition “Shokokuji Temple: History of Beauty through the Phoenixes of the Kinkaku and Ginkaku” opened at the University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts (Taito-ku, Tokyo), presenting masterpieces related to Shokokuji Temple in Kyoto. The exhibition will run through May 25. The exhibition commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Shokokuji Jotenkaku Art Museum, and introduces the culture and art of Zen temples from the Muromachi period (1333-1573) to the early modern period.
展示の中心となるのは、相国寺が発掘した絵師・伊藤若冲の作品群。鹿苑寺（金閣寺）大書院のために描かれた襖絵《葡萄小禽図》をはじめ、《竹虎図》《亀図》など、若冲の写実と構成美に富んだ代表作が並ぶ。若冲を支援した相国寺住持・梅荘顕常との関係を示す賛や、若冲自身の人物像に迫る資料も公開されている。
The centerpiece of the exhibition will be a group of works by painter Ito Jakuchu, which were discovered by Shokokuji Temple. The exhibition will feature representative works by Jakuchu, such as “Grapes and Small Birds”, a sliding door painting for the Great Shoin of Rokuonji Temple (Kinkakuji Temple), “Bamboo and Tiger”, and “Turtle”, all of which are rich in realism and compositional beauty. There is also an inscription showing the relationship between Jakuchu and his patron, Baiso Kenjyo, the abbot of Shokokuji Temple, and other materials that reveal the character of Jakuchu himself.
このほか、長谷川等伯の《萩芒図屏風》、円山応挙の《七難七福図巻》、狩野派や雪舟、如拙といった画僧による水墨画など、禅寺を拠点に花開いた多彩な作品を紹介。前後期で一部展示替えが行われ、後期（4月29日〜）には雪舟《毘沙門天像》などが登場する。
In addition, a variety of works that flourished at the Zen temple are also on display, including Hasegawa Tohaku’s “Hagiwara Folding Screen”, Maruyama Okyo’s “Shichinan Shichifukuzu”, and ink paintings by the Kano school, Sesshu, Josetsu, and other artists. In the second half of the exhibition (from April 29), Sesshu’s “Bishamonten (Bishamonten)” and other works will be on display.
相国寺は、足利義満の発願により1382年に創建された臨済宗相国寺派の大本山。鹿苑寺（通称・金閣寺）や慈照寺（銀閣寺）を擁し、美術文化にも深く関わってきた。本展ではその美術史的役割に光を当てつつ、禅と美の関係を多角的に読み解く構成となっている。
Shokokuji Temple, founded in 1382 at the behest of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, is the head temple of the Shokokuji School of the Rinzai Sect. The temple is also home to Rokuonji (commonly known as Kinkakuji) and Jishoji (Ginkakuji), and has been deeply involved in art and culture. This exhibition sheds light on the role of Zen in art history, and is designed to decipher the relationship between Zen and beauty from multiple perspectives.
