Instructive Buddhist Verse by Isshi Bunshu
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作者一絲文守
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- イッシブンシュヒツシャクジナラビニドウカ
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- Century Akao Collection
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- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
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- AW-CEN-000455-0000
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- 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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- Art
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- Font Handwriting Rectangle Art Wood
Isshi Bunshu (1608-46) was a Zen priest of the Rinzai sect born as the third son of Iwakura Tomotaka and used several pseudonyms including Tokoshi (named after his residence of Toko-An), Kokan and Kanmu. Isshi Bunshu became a pupil of Takuan Soho (1573-1645) and Ungo Kiyo (1582-1659). A devout Buddhist, Retired Emperor Gomizuno-o (1596-1680) appointed Isshi Bunshu to head the Reigenji Temple in Kamo, Kyoto. In 1641, Bunshu erected the Daibaizan Hojoji Temple in Tamba (Kyoto Prefecture), but moved to Eigenji Temple in Ohmi (Shiga Prefecture) in 1643, contributing greatly to its prosperity. Enjoying friendships with contemporary cultural elites such as Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (1579-1638), Kobori Enshu (1579-1647), Konoe Nobuhiro (1599-1647) and Shokado Shojo (1584-1639), Isshi Bunshu was himself a highly accomplished tea master, calligrapher and painter.The boldly calligraphed character ‘shaku’ is an abbreviation of Shakamuni (also Sakyamuni), or Buddha, and the accompanying instructive Buddhist verse teaches that ‘with the light of law illuminating the ages to come, people will not lose their way’. This didactic verse seems to reflect the Buddhist learning and practice that Isshi was undertaking. The simple and sober appearance reveals that it was written in Isshi’s senior years.
SakyamuniWith the light of law illuminating the ages to come, people will not lose their way.
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