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Huge Character of Mountain by Tenshitsu Sojiku

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Date
制作年 AD17
Title
テンシツソウジクヒツヤマイチダイジ
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Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
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AW-CEN-000630-0000
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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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Tenshitsu Sojiku (1605-1667) was a Rinzai (Ch. Linji) sect priest who hailed from Owari (Nagoya). He called himself by various pseudonyms including Ichinyo, Nyogen, Sudojin, Haryushi and Randojin. As heir to Gyokushitsu Sohaku (1572-1641), the 147th bishop of Daitokuji who built the Hoshun-In in the Daitokuji precinct, Tenshitsu Sojiku became the head priest there in 1654. He was then assigned to take charge of temple affairs at the Tokaiji in 1663 and died on August 26th four years later, after writing a farewell verse at the age of 63. The posthumous honorary name bestowed upon him was Daikaku-Enmyo-Zenji.Tenshitsu Sojiku calligraphed just a single character denoting ‘mountain’, as mountains had been objects of worship since ancient times. The rock-solid mountain seems to embody the Zen spirit. The refined simplicity and dry soberness seems to show the state of mind the Reverend Tenshitsu must have attained after years of learning, discipline and practice.

Mountain Randojin Ichinyo

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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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