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The mounting occupies an important position when appreciating a work of calligraphy, with importance being attached to the balance achieved with the calligrapher. The mounting may be considered to embody to a considerable degree the "feelings" of contemporaries for the work (primarily for the calligrapher), and it could be said to possess a certain cultural character. But it can hardly be said that research is being pursued in this field today. The aim of this article is to identify the intentions embodied in the mountings of the collection of hanging scrolls belonging to the Konoe 近衛 family on the basis of the way in which mounting cloth has been used.
Because of losses suffered in a fire during the Enpo 延寶 era (1673-81), the majority of hanging scrolls held by the Konoe family may be assumed to date from the time of Konoe Motohiro 近衛基熈, the father of Iehiro 家熈, and later. In order to identify the scrolls mounted by the Konoe family, I adopted two methods, namely, comparing the mounting cloth of the scrolls with the mountings found in albums of samples of antique cloth and educing the types of cloth that are shared by hanging scrolls preserved by the Konoe family.
I classified hanging scrolls identified by this means into "works by emperors," "works by members of the imperial family," "works by members of the Konoe family," and "early works," and I examined them with a focus on cloth used in hanging scrolls belonging to a single category and cloth used across several categories.
As a result it became clear that especially in the mountings of hanging scrolls belonging to the categories of "works by emperors" and "works by members of the Konoe family" cloth specific to each was used, and the family status and official rank of the calligrapher were used as one of the criteria for deciding on the mounting. A further characteristic is that there are many similarities in the cloth used in "works by emperors" and "works by members of the Konoe family." This can be understood as a manifestation of the perceptions of Iehiro and the Konoe family regarding relations between ruler and subject. As well, it is to be inferred that cloth superior to what would have been appropriate to the calligrapher's family status was used in the case of individuals well versed in various arts, and these can all be regarded as important characteristics of the mountings of the Konoe family.
