Letter by Fujita Joyin
- Person
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作者藤田乗因
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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-002002-0000
- 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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- Handwriting Font Writing Rectangle 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.From this letter, one can learn that Yamaji Kanuyemon, a student, was planning to visit Joyin on the 24th or 25th. But being occupied on these two days, Joyin suggests meeting in town on the 23rd as he is already planning to go there that day. Perhaps Joyin also wanted to meet sooner as it seems he has something that needs to be discussed. Other than that, no other details are known, but the letter’s context shows that the two correspondents were quite close.
御手紙披見仕候明日隙入候ニ付廿四日五日之中ニ不図可罷成御出候之旨得其意候廿三日ニ町へ御人をも御出候ハゝ御左右所仰候少心にかゝる事候間両日ノ中一日隙入事可有出来哉と存候廿三日ニ申合たく令存候以上藤田乗因即日山地勘右様
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