Letter by Hozobo Shinkai
- Person
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作者豊蔵坊信海
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- ホウゾウボウシンカイヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000381-0000
- 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）
- URL
- Classification
- Art
- AI Tagging
- Handwriting Font Art Rectangle Ink
Hozobo Shinkai (1626-88) was a Buddhist monk serving at Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine. Priest Shinkai practiced calligraphy and brush-and-ink painting under Shokado Shojo (1582-1639), sado (tea ceremony) under Kobori Enshu (1579-1647), and haikai (haiku) under Matsunaga Teitoku (1571-1654). But it was in composing kyoka (humorous poems) that he far surpassed all others. As one of the representative kyoka writers of his time, Shinkai associated with other famous men of letters, including Ogimachi Sanetoyo (1620-1703), Nakanoin Michishige (1630-1710) and Kitamura Kigin (1625-1705).The exhibited brushwork is a thank-you letter for a lotus plant, Shinkai’s favorite. The writing style is unmistakably of the Shokado School, also known as the Takimoto School, for which Shinkai’s brushwork was copied and compiled in calligraphic exemplars, such as Takimoto Seiryu Cho (lit. Collection of Limpid Flows of the Takimoto School). This letter further proves the priest’s reputation as “heir apparent” of the school.
御使殊に好物之董一器被下過分忝存候別而賞味可仕候頃者不得御意候御無事に御勤番珍重此事候此雨にも罷出候難義（儀）御賢察可被下候万々向顔之節御礼可申上候恐々頓首正晦（花押）
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- Letter by Hozobo Shinkai
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Quantity 1幅
- Attachments
- 桐箱、紙覆、黄包裂
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