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Motoori Norinaga hanging scroll


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Hi,

 

I've had this hanging scroll for a while, it is a silk one dating I believe to the 19th century. I think it depicts Motoori Norinaga and I wondered if anyone could give me a general idea what the text on the top of the scroll says and who it is signed by?

 

Thanks,

 

Peter

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Evening Peter,

 

Herewith a quick brainstorm re: Motoori Norinaga:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motoori_Norinaga

 

I note he was adopted into the Iimaida Family in 1748, but this was reversed after 2 years.

 

Just a quick thought:

 

Motoori was the adopted name from his Samurai ancestors, he was a scholar and a Doctor for most of his life.

 

Is the image him, or is the quotation one of his appended to another?

 

If we could track down the Kamon as Iimaida, then we would have a timespace for the painting.

 

Lots of possibilities, and a really interesting thread.

 

Afterthought: He was a Kyudoka, and a Classical scholar, do the books in immediate foreground have a significance?

 

I can see the immediate allusion to Bunbu Ryodo (Harmony of Pen and Sword), but is this appropriate for a scholarly Doctor?

 

 

Cheers

 

 

Malcolm

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I do not know why you think that the man is Motoori Norinaga. :?:

I do not think that the portrait is Motoori Norinaga, though I do not know who he is. The picture was portrayed in 1847 while Motoori Norinaga died in 1801. And also Motoori Norinaga was not a samurai.

 

The text seems to be a poem added by 枯木道人 (could be wrong?) in 1848.

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