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Calligraphed Memorandum from Daito and Tetto Collections of Sermons

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Date
制作年 AD17
Title
ダイトウ・テットウゴロクオボエガキ
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Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
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AW-CEN-000628-0000
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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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The Rinzai sect Zen priest, Takuan Soho (1573-1645), was originally from Izushi in Tajima (Hyogo Pref.). He took a tonsure early at his birthplace and moved up to train at the Daitokuji Temple in Kyoto under Shun-oku So-en (1529-1611). Later he inherited the Buddhist order of Itto Shoteki (1539-1612) and was promoted to become the 153rd bishop of the Daitokuji. In 1627, he became entangled in a court-military conflict involving Emperor Gomizuno-o (1596-1680) and was exiled to Dewa Kaminoyama (Yamagata Pref.). He returned to Edo after being pardoned and earning devotions from Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604-51), the third Shogun of the Tokugawa military government, he established the Tokaiji Temple in Shinagawa, Edo (Tokyo). Takuan Soho died at the age of 73 in 1645. Emperor Gomizuno-o and Tokugawa Iemitsu deeply embraced Buddhism under Takuan Soho’s guidance. He was also a man of cultivated taste thoroughly trained in poetry and haiku composition as well as chanoyu, the way of tea. This exhibition shows a calligraphed memorandum the Reverend Takuan wrote for some unknown devotee. It contains excerpts from the collections of sermons (Daito Kokushi Goroku) by Daito Kokushi (1282-1337), who founded the Daitokuji and was known as Shuho Myocho in his lifetime, and from another collection of sermons by Tetto Giko (1295-1369), the second bishop of Daitokuji.

大灯法語内撥無因果真風堕地徹翁法語内如汲井輪粗無停息生従順習死従変流二習相交未捨煖触時一生罪業与時頓現神伸也冠屈也屈哀伸失念之分即書写進之候敬白宗彭(花押)

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AW-CEN-000628-0000
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CC BY
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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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Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko)
Campus Mita
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Calligraphed Memorandum from Daito and Tetto Collections of Sermons

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Title (EN)
Calligraphed Memorandum from Daito and Tetto Collections of Sermons

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