Research on the Calligraphers of the Genji-Picture Kotobagaki

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Due to the overlap of calligraphers of early Edo period Genji-picture kotobagaki and collections of 36 Poetic Immortals, it is clear that the aristocratic cultural salon surrounding Retired Emperor Go-Mizunoo was at the center of their production. The political power of the samurai families that originated with the Tokugawa Bakufu, and the field of the Tale of Genji, waka, and the accompanying paintings and writings influenced by the traditions of aristocratic Heian dynasty culture were mutually complimentary. The blending of culture between those noble and samurai families became the basis of Edo culture itself, from illustrated books (eiri bon) that were enjoyed in private women’s culture, to the merchant culture in end of the Genroku period. The proof of this is in the many newly discovered extant works both in Japan and internationally held.