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-002001-0000
- 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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- Art
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- Font Handwriting Rectangle Art Monochrome
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.Although this letter lacks the sender’s signature, the calligraphic style and the content offer sufficient evidence to prove it was by Joyin, who had fallen ill at the time of writing. He explains to the addressee that due to his illness he will send someone in his place to listen to the details of the commission. He then adds that his condition is improving and that he will visit soon. Unfortunately, the addressee’s name was also omitted, so no further details can be learned.
尊札拝誦仕候如仰昨日蒙尊命候処不得伺公仕残念至極ニ奉存候然者代人指上せ申儀来ル七日ニ上せ申候御用等六日之晩迄ニ可被仰下候此旨被仰上可被下候私持病次第快方ニ御座候間近日参上仕候而可申上候以上二月四日
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