Letter by Fujita Joyin
- Person
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作者藤田乗因
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- フジタジョウインヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001999-0000
- 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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The son of Fujita Yukan (years of birth and death unknown), Joyin was a calligrapher whose active career was between 1673 and ’81, but the years of his birth and death are not known. Joyin practiced calligraphy under Takimotobo Jojun, successor to the Takimoto School originated by Shokado Shojo. After many years of hard work, Joyin reached mastery and was later hailed as an authentic writer of the school. Most likely, Joyin was named after Jojun, borrowing the character for “Jo” from his master’s name.During one period of his career, Fujita Joyin was engaged in hot debate with the Obaku (Ch. Huangbo) Sect Priest Dokuryu (Dokuryu Shoeki; Ch. Duli Xingyi; 1596-1672) of Manpukuji Temple in Uji over stylistics concerning calligraphy. Deeply attached to the styles of ancient Chinese master calligraphers Wan Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi (the Two Wangs), Priest Dokuryu slighted the brushwork done by the Reverend Kobo Daishi Kukai, after which the Daishi School was patterned. Joyin’s Takimoto School was, so to speak, a spin-off of the Daishi School. In the course of the debate, Joyin presented to Dokuryu a treatise he had written on calligraphic styles. Upon reading it, Dokuryu was embarrassed of his shallow learning and immediately retracted his earlier criticism. This episode is noteworthy as it shows Joyin’s scholarship, as well as dedication to the Takimoto School.Two men, their names written one above the other, are the addressees of this letter. One, Yamaji Matazaemon, was probably the father of the other, Yamaji Kanuyemon, Joyin’s disciple. Here Joyin thanks the Yamajis for the gift of delicacies they sent during tanabata (the Star Festival). The letter suggests that Joyin’s relationship with Kanuyemon and his family is one that every teacher longs to have.
猶々御懇信之段不残御礼不得申上候万々面上之節御礼等可得御意候間為七夕之御祝儀早々申上候以上御札殊樽代二百疋被贈下候幾久目出申納候御懇切之段忝御礼難申尽候少悩平臥故御報早々如此候恐惶謹言藤田一練即日乗因（花押）山地又左衛門様同氏勘右衛門様回附
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