Poem Quotation from “Eight Views of the Rivers and a Lake”
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作者尊円入道親王
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制作年 AD14
- Title
- ソンエンニュウドウシンノウヒツショウショウハッケイシ
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- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000704-0000
- 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 Art Writing Monochrome
Born as the fifth son of Emperor Fushimi (1265-1317), Prince Son-en (1298-1356) was sent to the Shoren-In Temple on April 21, 1308, at age 11. He was educated by Princely Priest Jido (1282-1341) and five years later took the tonsure on June 26, 1311, thereby adopting the Buddhist name of Son-en. In the history of calligraphy in Japan, Emperor Fushimi was adored as one of the most highly accomplished. Inheriting this talent, Prince Son-en’s brilliance was apparent at a young age; he was attracted to the styles developed by Ono-no-Michikaze (894-966) and Fujiwara-no-Yukinari (972-1027). Later, the prince would develop his own style, to be called the Son-en School or Shoren-In style and attract hundreds of followers. Also, all succeeding generations of Shoren-In head priests adhered to this style, so it remained popular for many centuries afterward. During the Edo Period, the Son-en style was adopted by terakoya schools (for commoners’ children), further securing its renown among later calligraphers. The exhibited is a quotation from the famous “Eight Views of the Rivers and a Lake” (Ch: Xiaoxiang Bajing; lit. Eight Views of the Xiao and the Xiang.), a poem depicting the eight scenic spots of the areas around the confluence of the Xiao and Xiang rivers and Lake Dongting in China's Hunan Province. The exhibited poem depicts a sailboat returning at dusk from a faraway sea. Judging from the size of this fragmented scroll, the original hanging scroll may have had eight panels, each with a different poem from the aforementioned eight-view poem. Without the slightest doubt, the calligraphic style belongs to Prince Son-en and depicts his serious yet warm Shoren-In style, true to all historical attributions.
遠浦帰帆風生蒲柳起秋色。夕日流々水面幽。且立沙汀望煙嶋。衝雲帆影入滄洲。
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Materials 雲紙(巻子本料紙を転用)
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