黃圖珌『看山閣集』閒筆にみる乾隆期の室內陳設

Abstract

In the early Qianlong period, Huang Tubi's Xianbi (Leisure Essays) gathered in Kanshange ji (Anthology of the Mountain-Viewing Pavilion) collects descriptions of interior furnishings and interior decorations including the arrangement of flowers, paintings and calligraphy. This article compares similar records in Zunsheng bajian 遵生八牋, Kaopan yushi 考槃餘事, Zhangwu zhi 長物志, Michuan huajing 祕傳花鏡, and Xianqing ouji 閒情偶寄, which were published prior to Huang's Xianbi, and points out two characteristics of Xianbi. First, in the descriptions in Xianbi, instead of copying previous works of a similar type, Huang basically develops his own discourse just as Li Yu's 李漁 Xianqing ouji does. Second, in his records on furnishings, Huang not only deals with the buildings in the courtyard and the study, which is the location of literary activities, but also describes the furnishings of the hall, which are mentioned by few previous works. By translating and annotating the section regarding furnishings in the chapter on qingwan 淸玩 (appreciation of something beautiful), the twelfth volume of Xianbi, I will introduce the concrete contents of the records.