Think design first.
まずはデザインを考える
お題は鎌倉殿の13人でも少し登場した「新中納言 平知盛」です、
江戸時代の浮世絵でも平知盛をモチーフとした作品は沢山ありますが今回はオリジナルでいきます。
どの場面を描くか、については海上に現れた怨霊パターンを書くつもりで下書きを
描き進めましたが槍の向きなどポージングを考慮し海底パターンに変更しました。
壇ノ浦の戦いで最後を迎えた平知盛、入水により自害するにあたり碇を抱えて入水したとも
言われており、この伝説が歌舞伎の演目などで広く行われ「碇知盛」という別名もあります、
今回は怨霊となった知盛が海底から地上を伺う、という感じでデザインしました、
碇と槍、羽織りの下に鎧、この辺で歴史に詳しい方はお気づきになっていただけるかと思います。
English translation
The theme is "Shin Chunagon Taira no Tomomori", who appeared a little among the 13 shogun of Kamakura-dono.
There are many ukiyo-e prints from the Edo period with Taira no Tomomori as a motif, but this time I will go with an original.
As for which scene to draw, I planned to draw a vengeful spirit pattern that appeared on the sea, but I changed it to the seabed pattern considering the pose such as the direction of the spear.
It is said that Taira no Tomomori, who faced his final battle in the Battle of Dan-no-ura, plunged into the water holding an anchor when he committed suicide by drowning.
This legend is widely used in Kabuki programs and is also known as "Ikari Tomomori".
This time, I designed it with the feeling that Tomomori, who has become a vengeful spirit, is looking at the ground from the bottom of the sea.
Anchor and spear, armor under the haori, I think those who are familiar with history will notice this.
Repetition of streaking, inking, and coloring.
すじ彫り、墨入れ、色付けの繰り返し
すじ彫りは全体的に浅めに行い、羽織の一部分のみ筆のようなタッチで深めに彫ります。
艶消しブラックで墨入れを行い、海底なので藍色で筆跡を付けながら色付け、
何度か研磨を行い、色付けを繰り返し、黒で影を付けて完成です。
海底の雰囲気が出なかったので、平家蟹のようなものを加筆しました。
English translation
The lines are generally shallowly carved, and only a part of the haori is carved deeply with a brush-like touch.
Inking is done with matte black, and since it is the bottom of the sea, it is colored while adding handwriting with indigo blue.
Polish it several times, repeat the coloring, and shade it with black to complete it.
I didn't get the atmosphere of the seabed, so I added something like a Heike crab.
