Description
「菊寿」とは、9月9日に行う重陽の節句。節句の折りには、菊花酒を飲みかわすなどして長寿を願ったとされる。また菊は長寿を寓意し、画題としても良く用いられる。本作はこの菊の宴を終えた後であろうか、菊を愛でながらくつろぐ婦人の姿が描かれる。鮮やかな黄赤色を基調とした鹿の子柄の入った着物にやや黄味がかった水色の色打掛という取り合わせが鮮やかで、白い女性の肌と菊の花を際立たせている。特に打掛の裏地に薄い黄赤色を使い、青系統とオレンジ系統という補色の色同士を組み合わせており、松園の色彩への細やかな意識を窺わせる。女性は江戸の元禄時代以降に流行ったとされる投島田を結い、鼈甲製の櫛、笄、簪で髪を飾っている。
Data source
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Database
This database showcases some 2,000 objects from our collection of some 30,000 pieces of artworks from various periods and cultures including Japanese, Eastern and Western works, ranging from paintings...
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The Japanese Council of Art Museums
The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).
Last updated
January 9, 2026