dattanjin shuryou-zu　韃靼人狩猟図

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Lit. pictures of Tartars hunting. A popular screen painting theme in the late 16c and early 17c. The pictures typically show a group of mounted horsemen wearing exotic central Asian costumes, hunting deer, boar, and other animals in a landscape setting. The hunters are usually shown encircling the fleeing animals--supposedly an actual practice of central Asian hunters. Because hunting is a warrior activity, it was sometimes combined with scenes of polo dakyuu 打毬, another continental male passtime. Notable examples include folding screens *byoubu 屏風 by Kanou Soushuu 狩野宗秀 (1551-1601, Kumita 組田 col., Tokyo), his son Jinnojou 甚之丞 (fl. early 17c), and an anonymous Kanou artist (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco), as well as sliding screens *fusuma 襖 by Watanabe Ryoukei 渡辺了慶 (d.1645).

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