Single-line Calligraphy by Gocho Kankai
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作者豪潮寛海
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制作年 AD19
- Title
- ゴウチョウカンカイヒツイチギョウショ
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- 紙本淡彩
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- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001929-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
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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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- Plant Font Monochrome Monochrome photography Drawing
Gocho Kankai (1749-1835) was a monk associated with the Tendai Sect of Buddhism. Originally, he was called Kaicho, but later renamed himself Gocho. He was born as the second son into a family serving at the Senkoji Temple in Higo (Kumamoto Pref.). He started to study at the Jufukuji temple of Mt. Hachigi in Higo at age 7 and took a tonsure under the guidance of Gokyoku Ajari. When he was 16, he climbed Mt. Hi-ei to study under the Most Reverend Gojo of the Shogaku-In. At age 20, he received the ceremony of goncho, or ‘sprinkling water on the head’ and started to reside at the Ryogon-In. But when his master Gokyoku fell ill, he returned to Higo to head the Jufukuji. Thereafter, he was requested to travel widely at the invitation of ardent congregations at various places: he engaged in incantations and prayers, and furthermore practiced faith healings, which is said to have cured many. At age 75, Gocho Kankai built the Yanagihara Hall of Prayers and then rebuilt the Cho-eiji. Defying old age, he dedicated himself to the development of Buddhism. This verse states that ‘the color of evergreen pine trees remains the same now and then’ as pines are believed to symbolize the absolute universality of Buddha’s truth. This verse forms a pair with another verse which expresses that ‘bamboo trees have joints that separate the upper from the lower’. Both verses are found in the Zenrin-Kushu (lit.’collection of Zen verses’), together denoting the truth that while the law ensures equality, reality is filled with discrimination, and that these two qualities are intermixed. Discrimination arises out of equality, but equality also exists on the premise of discrimination. The unique calligraphic style using light Indian ink shows Gocho at his best. This piece was written when he was 86 years old.
The color of evergreen pine trees remains the same now and then.
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