Letter by Shokado Shojo
- Person
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作者松花堂昭乗
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- ショウカドウショウジョウヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001200-0000
- 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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- Branch Rectangle Style Black-and-white Font
Shokado Shojo (1584-1639) was a Buddhist priest of the Shingon Sect during the Edo Period. He also called himself Seisei-O. After becoming Takimoto-bo Jitsujo’s disciple, Shojo succeeded his master to become head priest of the Takimoto-bo sub-temple. Later, Shojo conceded his post to one of his disciples and retired to the newly-built Shokado sub-temple. His deep virtues and charismatic personality earned him numerous followers and friendships with Confucian scholars, Zen monks and other intellectuals of the age. Notable among them were Konoe Nobutada (1599-1649), Ishikawa Jozan (1583-1672), Kogetsu Sogan (1574-1643), and Takuan Soho (1573-1645). Shojo studied the Oieryu School (lit. “honorable family school,” also Oie School) of Japanese-style wayo calligraphy under Soncho Hosshinno (an imperial prince who resided at a Buddhist temple), but it was the great Kobo Daishi (Priest Kukai) who Shojo truly admired, favoring the Daishi Style. After mastering this style, Shojo perfected an elegant, free-flowing style of brushwork, which was later renowned as the Shokado School, or Takimoto School, of calligraphy. In this letter, Shojo asks the addressee, simply identified as “Mr. Toku,” to share a table at a tea party that he is going to host the following day by inviting Doji (identity unknown; probably Shojo’s tea friend). Another extant letter by Shojo is addressed to Kazari Tokuan, an accessory maker, who may well be the recipient of this letter. An accessory maker crafts hair ornaments or decorative furniture fittings, but we know nothing about Tokuan’s life. Perhaps this letter was written when Shojo was about 50.
御出候ハゝ恭存候明七日之朝道二へ御茶申候あひ客ニはたとことをかき申候御差合無之候ハゝ御出座候而可被下候頼存候ゆる／＼と所仰候恐々謹言六日 （花押）徳様瀧本
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