Tanzaku by Princely Priest Sonchin
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作者尊鎮法親王
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制作年 AD16
- Title
- ソンチンホウシンノウヒツタンザク
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001130-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
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慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
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- Art
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- Brown Wood Handwriting Art Tints and shades
Princely Priest Sonchin (1504-50) was Emperor GoKashiwabara (1464-1526)’s fifth son. He was sent to Shorei-In Temple at age 9 (1512) and was declared imperial prince in the following year, whereupon, his name was changed to Seigen. Five days later, he underwent initiation at the temple and adopted the Buddhist name Sonyu, which was later changed to Sonchin. The prince was officially made the 46th princely priest of Shorei-In, but in 1523, he got involved in a dispute between Higashiyama Chion-In Temple and Hyakuman-Ben Chion-In Temple, which later forced him to retire to Mount Koya, abandoning his high office. Some time later, Emperor GoNara (1497-1557), his elder brother, invited him back to serve at Shorei-In. There, Prince Sonchin worked as the emperor’s guardian priest until he died at age 47 in 1550.Academically-inclined, Prince Sonchin took part in writing commentary for picture scrolls such as the Illustrated History of Shin-nyo Do (Jp. Shin-nyo Do Engi), Illustrated History of Taima Mandara (Jp. Taima Mandara Engi), and Illustrated History of Kuwanomi Temple (Jp. Kuwanomi-Dera Engi), proof that he was an acclaimed calligrapher of the time. His brushwork resembles the styles of the Son-en School (also Shoren-In School) although the genealogy of calligraphy notes that Prince Sonchin originated a totally new school of his own, the “Sonchin School”, which later attracted avid followers. The exhibited work is written on tanzaku paper depicting clouds, plants and flowers in gold mud.
Prayers: How did the gods of Mount Hiei (Shiga Prefecture) know that I have said as many silent prayers as the number of spindle trees, on behalf of the emperor?
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