Fragment from Waka Scroll by Shokado Shojo
- Person
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作者松花堂昭乗
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- ショウカドウショウジョウヒツワカカンダンカン
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001170-0000
- 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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- Handwriting Font Writing Paper Wood
Shokado Shojo (1584-1639) was a Shingon Sect priest of the early Edo Period. “Shojo” is a Buddhist name; his real name was Shikibu. He joined the Shinto-Shingon Buddhist shrine of Iwashimizu Hachimangu, or Mt. Otokoyama (Mt. Otoko) Hachiman Shrine, near Kyoto to start religious training under the Reverend Takinobo Jitsujo and succeeded his mentor after his demise. Later, Shojo left the archbishop’s post to his disciple Jojun and retired to live in the Shokado (lit. “Pine and Flower Hall”) that he had erected, hence his literary pseudonym. Though trained by Prince Soncho (1552-1597) of the Shoren-In School of calligraphy, Shojo was more attracted to the Daishi School originated by the ancient religious leader Kobo Daishi Kukai. Some years later, Shojo developed an elegant and chic style of his own, departing from the Shoren-In School foundation. Hailed as Shokado School, or Takimoto School, Shojo’s own style became a fad among calligraphy aficionados and students. In painting, Shojo studied the Chinese India ink techniques of Muqi (Jp: Mokkei) of China’s Sung Dynasty and also mastered the art of colored Japanese painting (yamato-e).The exhibit is a detached segment from the Selected Poems of Thirty-Six Poets, a selection by Fujiwara-no-Kinto (966-1041). The original handscroll was gradually cut into smaller and smaller segments as they passed hands. The exhibited piece shows two poems composed by Ohshikochi-no-Mitsune and Ariwara-no-Narihira. Contemplate the exquisite harmony between the brush’s flow on silk and the underpainting of wild plants drawn with pigments and gold mud. The calligrapher’s style shows traces of training in the classical Kohitsu style of the Heian Period and is exemplary of Shojo’s hand.
Mitsune: Admirers of cherry blossoms stop by our house on their way back. I’d miss them when the flowers are all gone. Narihira： We would not miss anything and be relieved, if there were no cherry blossoms in the world.
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