角田文衛著「待賢門院璋子の生涯』より
璋子は数え年15歳頃、藤原季通や権の律師/増賢の童子と密通事件を起こして、関白藤原忠実に「乱行の人」「奇怪不可思議なる人」と非難されました。実父を７歳で亡くし、母と姉は鳥羽天皇の乳人。最高権力者の養父の溺愛を受けて乳児の頃から宮廷で育った彼女を責めるのは酷だと、画家は考えます。その昔、在原業平に盗まれた「藤原高子」のように、外の世界にさらわれたかったのかもしれない・・筝の琴の師として夕刻白河院を訪れた、貴公子藤原季通目線で描いた妄想画です。技法/絹本着色日本画
(From "The Life of Taikenmon-in Tamako" by Bunei Tsunoda)
When Tamako was 15 years old, she fell in love with "Fuziwara noSuemiti” and young monk.
His biological father died at the age of seven, and his mother and sister were the nanny of Emperor Toba. The painter thinks itcruel to blame her, who was doted upon by her adoptive father, the most powerful man in Japan, and knew only the court. Perhaps she wanted to be exposed to theoutside world, just as "Fujiwara no Takaiko" was once exposed to “Ariwara no Narihira”..... This delusional painting was painted from the perspective of “Fujiwara no Suemiti, a feudal lord who visited Shirakawa-in as a master So-no-Koto player.
