Chapter 4 Chapter Four

When I got home, it was half past nine.The door was closed, and there were still whispers of conversation in the room. I hung up the back door and reached the dark second floor. Bedding, manuscript paper scattered on the table, everything is the same as when I went out.The clothes hanging under the eaves were heavily soaked by the rain and hung on the bamboo poles.The plate of sea urchin sauce that Mencang left was still in its original place. When I saw this gift box, I thought of the fake bamboo field painting that Kadokura showed me.That is indeed a good drawing. Mencang probably thought it was the real thing, so it's no wonder he brought it. The guy who drew this fake picture is really amazing.

"If it's Iwano or Kanko, maybe he will really be deceived by it." I remembered what I said to Kadokura again.This is true.Yuyuki Iwano, who has inherited the mantle of Sangji Motoura, said in his "Introduction to Japanese Art" that it is exactly the same as his master, with the same structure and the same method of teaching.This is not an inheritance, but a mediocre repetition of Ben Pu; there is no originality in sight, no development, in fact, it is rather a regression. After all, Benpu still has some sharp insights, while Iwano has nothing but regression and boredom, and his lack of forensic eyesight is even lower than that of his master Professor Benpu.

Iwano imitated his master, and also took Southern Song painting as his research field, and published works such as "Study of Literati Painting" and "Study of Southern Song Dynasty", which are actually just expansions of Motoura's works. It’s just mixed with some water. First of all, the plates he used are almost all bad things. His eyesight is worse than Ben Pu’s. These works just expose his ignorance, so it is too funny to read. However, since the society does not know this kind of situation, when Iwano Yuzhi was mentioned, he was thought to be an authority on the study of Nanhua①.No wonder he was able to teach art history at the University of Tokyo and the University of the Arts. Although he was not as close as Rijiro Motoura, he was still quite an overlord, and he had published many works.This resulted in an overrated evaluation of him, but there was no way to do it. The title of authority came from his street.

I am very interested in what method Iwano Yuyuki uses to identify works.So I asked people about it, and later I found out that it was like this: When people bring some painting to him for appraisal, it is said that he just stared at it silently, and from time to time let out a moan of "um...um..." from his mouth. It continued for thirty or forty minutes, without even saying a word, just humming "um...um...". At this time, if the disciples such as Jianzi or Tomita who were beside him said: ① refers to Chinese painting. "Sir, I'm afraid it won't work?"

Then he judged and said: "Yes, no." If a disciple says: "Sir, isn't that nice?" So he went on to say: "so good." In this way, before hearing the instigation of others, he would not express any opinions, and would even stare silently for an hour. I didn't believe it at first, but it was said that it was actually the case, and I couldn't help laughing out loud, Iwano Yuyuki wouldn't have any objections at all.He has neither self-confidence nor courage, and he has not developed the basis of discernment.Motoura Zangji taught him general introductions and systematic theories, and his empirical knowledge of different subjects was very empty. From this point of view, young assistant professors or lecturers such as Kaneko and Tomita, Because of his dedication to research, he is even better than the hypocritical Iwano.However, even these few people are nothing extraordinary in my eyes.

It turns out that studies such as Japanese art history must pay attention to positivism in terms of methods. Motoura Sangji laughed at Mr. Tsuyama for only knowing "professional techniques", but in fact he must use this technique to study objects carefully. Therefore, it is impossible to conduct investigations and studies on individual materials.Only by accumulating in this area can we sum up and establish a complete system. Calling the empirical method "professional technology" is just a vain person who wants to make the vague things that come from the intuition mysterious. It's just an excuse to use it.

When it comes to appraising this kind of kung fu, it can be said that the ability of antique dealers is indeed superior to that of famous scholars in society.For them, this is a money-based business after all, so it must be very serious.Speaking of antique dealers, I also once had dinner in a rather large antique shop called Ashimi Saikodo. The owner, Tokichi Ashimi, knew my talent and brought hard-to-identify things with me. I discuss.At that time, I also received some money from him, and I can't say what kind of allowance or consulting fee. Once, he got a picture post of Daya from nowhere and showed it to me.Although the techniques are very superb, they are actually fakes.Ashimi seemed to feel sorry.I thought about it later, it must be that the collectors have placed great hopes on this.

Ashi Jian is a very shrewd businessman, and for some customers who come and go frequently, he really exhausts all his strength and thinks of various ways to serve them.He always first finds out what hobbies this master has and what his wife likes, and then he tries his best to study this aspect in order to assimilate with them. No, on the surface, he assimilates with them, but actually uses this win their favor.It seems that it is just some help, but he has put a lot of effort into it.If the owner likes to play Go, he will go to learn from a high-level player①, so that he can also reach the level of the first level.If Madam likes Changge ②, then he will act as if he has also been taught by a famous teacher.Therefore, no matter ballads3 or tea ceremony4, he has learned all kinds of schools and has considerable attainments, which shows that he has indeed put a lot of effort into it.Perhaps, otherwise, it would not be easy to gain the trust of customers. For example, regardless of whether it is Zhenzong, Mantra, Pure Land, Fahua, or Shinto, he can hint at all kinds of religious scriptures or greetings. So that when there is a need, he can take it out according to the customer's denomination.He even threw himself into the elder's sect and took back all the cassocks he was given at any cost.

Not only that, he even tried his best to curry favor with the people around the customers.If the customer usually has someone to advise him when he buys antiques, then Ashi Jian will cater to this person's hobby and get close to him. If he hears that this person is engaged in archaeology, then he will work hard on archaeology first. , and even actually did some digging.It can be seen that he has indeed made extraordinary efforts for business transactions. However, when I judged that elegant picture book as a fake, the level of Japanese chess. ② Long song, one of the forms of Japanese poetry.

③ Ballads, libretto of ancient Japanese dramas. ④ tea ceremony, a kind of etiquette practice when drinking tea in Japan. A few months after the online library, I suddenly discovered that these paintings had been printed and published in an authoritative art magazine. I recommend Yuyuki Iwano for this article. He appreciates these newly discovered elegant works. Although I feel pity for Yuyuki Iwano, I think that under the combination of his name and the authority of that magazine, the society will not respect It is unbearable that this picture post is actually regarded as genuine. I feel that although my status is insignificant, I am still an old apprentice studying Japanese art.As if to arouse public indignation, I wrote out the reasons why these elegant works were fakes and published them in a certain magazine.Unfortunately, it was only a second- and third-rate magazine that published my article, so it is still doubtful whether Iwano Yuyuki will read it.

More than half a month after the publication of this magazine, one day Lu Jian called me away suddenly, and threw a tantrum at me with a very ugly face.It turned out that he had sold this painting to someone else, and now the buyer wanted to return this elegant work to him, which caused him financial difficulties.He said: "It's because I read your article!" He sold it to others because I told him that it was not good.I thought he got it elsewhere, so I wrote the article, so I replied to him: "I have already explained it, I told you that this thing is not good, why did you sell it to others? ""You don't know how to buy and sell at all!" He said to me like this, "If this is the case, my relationship with you will end here!" I quarreled with him and broke up.If Ashimi Saigudo and I hadn’t left after such a quarrel, I would still have some monthly income similar to allowances, and my life would probably not be as poor as it is today. I lay in bed, smoking cigarettes constantly.Just because I saw the five volumes of Motoura Zangji's works on the shelf of the second-hand bookstore, my spirit was somewhat high.In today's life, I have already formed an indissoluble bond with Ang Fen. In this rented room, which is only as dirty as six mats, books, papers, stoves, pots are all in disarray. A thin, single old man who is nearly sixty years old cooks and cooks here. When he is entrusted, he stays at his desk all night to write essays. From time to time, he goes out for boring things. With a sleepy body, I have unknowingly become a speck of dust in the world since I was hated by Motoura Riji. Iwano Yuyuki continued to publish empty art history theory with his glorious street.What he has is worldly splendor and abundance.As a slave of the "emperor" Motoura Sangji, Iwano Yuyuki is in such a situation today, I feel it is too unreasonable, but there is no way, am I comparing him with myself?No, there is no basis for comparison here.Since it is unreasonable, it is impossible to compare. In my eyes, so-called scholars like Iwano, those guys who occupy the highest institutions of learning, appraisers, art dealers, everything, everything has become a waste product! Thinking about it carefully, today’s Japanese art history itself is irrational, and most of the materials are concentrated in the hands of the daimyo nobility, the new Meiji nobility, and today’s Zaima.Buried so deeply by them, they are unwilling to make these things public.Only the great scholars of the scholastic sect who are close to the rich and powerful like Benpu Zangzhi have the privilege of viewing these things, and these owners even show things for people to watch.But still refused to let people investigate.After the war, the old Chinese and chaebols declined, and a large part of the collection was thrown out, but in fact it was less than one-third of the total collection.Where in the world is there such feudal knowledge that only the privileged are entitled to see materials? Compare it with the history of Western art.This is the reason why Japanese art history has not yet become a discipline.What's more, Iwano and his like, who can get the privilege of watching, are themselves almost blind scholars, so what can they say!The history of Japanese art is still only at the stage of investigation, but most of the materials are buried underground by the so-called collectors. This mysterious method of concealment has not only expanded the proliferation of fakes, but also contributed to the prosperity of antique dealers.It is very easy to create some reasons that are not easy to see through, and use a forgery with strong wrists to deceive unsightly scholars.It is not surprising that the fake painting incident in Qiuling nunnery happened more than ten years ago. At that time, only Dr. Lao Chuan Qinglan was sacrificed, because it was appraised and recommended by him. For him, it was really pitiful.In fact, only blame Dr. Fang Chuan for his incompetence.It's not easy to get it right, because other people are only fifty paces and one hundred paces away from him. Moreover, Iwano Yuyuki also supported Dr. Yoshikawa at the time. Once the fact that this is a fake is revealed, he At this critical moment, the Ministry felt blushing, and immediately turned around and followed behind him to attack. People like Iwano would do this kind of thing. In short, this kind of feudalism in society is just a loophole in the field of Japanese art history. —My hand, which was rubbing matches, stopped suddenly. "Loophole?" I muttered to myself, a sentence that I unconsciously spit out when a thought suddenly flashed through my mind. I rested my head on the pillow and closed my eyes.At first, there were only some fragments in my mind, but I thought about it intermittently, and finally connected them to form a complete set of ideas. I couldn't help being intoxicated by my own strategy.For some reason, the two rain-soaked shirts hanging heavily, and the muddy room where the woman with purple gums lived, kept appearing before my eyes, and these things added to my thoughts. There was a dark atmosphere.