Image of Fujiwara no Toshinari Painted 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シャクアニュウドウ（フジワラノトシナリ）ジガサン
- Materials, techniques and shape
- Light color on paper
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001959-0000
- 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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- Classification
- Art
- AI Tagging
- Handwriting Rectangle Wood Art Font
Shokado Shojo (1584-1639) was a Shingon Sect abbot of the early Edo Period. “Shojo” is a Buddhist name; his real name was Nakanuma Shikibu, but he sometimes called himself “Seisei-Oh” in old age. 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 Takimoto-Bo Jitsujo and succeeded his mentor after his demise. Later, Shojo left the archbishop’s post to his disciple Jojun (the son of Shojo’s own brother, Nakanuma Sakyo) and retired to live a life dedicated to art and literature in the Shokado (lit. “Pine and Flower Hut”) that he had erected on the shrine compounds, hence his literary pseudonym. Associating with the educated and high-society members among his contemporaries, such as Regent Konoe Nobuhiro (1599-1649), Kobori Enshu (1579-1647), Ishikawa Jozan (1583-1672), Kozetsu Sokan (?-1643) and Takuan Soho (1573-1645), Shojo was one of the top-rate men of culture. Though trained by Princely Priest Soncho (1552-1597) of the Shoren-In School of calligraphy, Shojo was soon attracted to the Daishi School originated by the ancient religious leader Kobo Daishi Kukai (774-835). Some years later, Shojo developed an elegant and chic style of his own, departing from the Shoren-In School foundation. Hailed as the Shokado School, or Takimoto School, Shojo’s own style became a fad among calligraphy aficionados and students. Being a Buddhist priest, Shojo naturally had many occasions to see hanging scrolls decorating tea rooms, often at tea ceremonies. He was particularly attracted to the works of Zen priest painter Muqi (Jp: Mokkei) of China’s Sung Dynasty. The portrait drawing of Fujiwara-no-Toshinari (also Shunzei, 1114-1204) was made by loyally following the tradition of depicting Taoist and Buddhist saints. Toshinari is depicted as a seeker of Buddhism, which he turned to in old age. Although the brushstrokes run in a simple manner, it still portrays the ancient poet who was revered through the centuries as “a demigod of poetry.” The cited poem was composed by Toshinari when he was browsing ancient poems, when he was appointed (1183) to select pomes for the imperial Anthology of Japanese Poems of a Thousand Years (Jp: Senzai Wakashu), commissioned by the Retired Emperor GoShirakawa (1127-1192). Toshinari’s poem appears in Chapter 18 of the New Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems (Jp. Shin Kokin-Wakashu).
Will anyone remember me in the future? I miss ancient people as I read their poems. I also wish to be remembered long after I am gone.
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- Title (EN)
- Image of Fujiwara no Toshinari Painted by Shokado Shojo
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Quantity 1幅
- Materials, techniques and shape
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Materials 軸頭：漆塗り
- Attachments
- 外箱、極札、包裂、入札高値表（昭和12年）、入札目録コピー、釈文
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