Autobiography of Tao Yuanming (Master of Five Willows) by Shokado Shojo
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作者松花堂昭乗
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- ショウカドウショウジョウヒツゴリュウセンセイデン
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- Century Akao Collection
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- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
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- AW-CEN-000705-0000
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- CC BY Images license
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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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Shokado Shojo (1584-1639) was a Shingon Sect priest of the early Edo Period. “Shojo” is a Buddhist name; his real name was Shikibu. He joined the Shinto-Shingon Buddhist shrine of Iwashimizu Hachimangu, or Mt. Otokoyama (Mt. Otoko) Hachiman Shrine, near Kyoto to start religious training under the Reverend Takinobo Jitsujo and succeeded his mentor after his demise. Later, Shojo left the archbishop’s post to his disciple Jojun and retired to live in the Shokado (lit. “Pine and Flower Hall”) that he had erected, hence his literary pseudonym. Though trained by Prince Soncho (1552-1597) of the Shoren-In School of calligraphy, Shojo was more attracted to the Daishi School originated by the ancient religious leader Kobo Daishi Kukai. Some years later, Shojo developed an elegant and chic style of his own, departing from the Shoren-In School foundation. Hailed as Shokado School, or Takimoto School, Shojo’s own style became a fad among calligraphy aficionados and students. In painting, Shojo studied the Chinese India ink techniques of Muqi (Jp: Mokkei) of China’s Sung Dynasty and also mastered the art of colored Japanese painting (yamato-e).The exhibit is quotations from the Autobiography of the Master of Five Willows (Ch. Wuliu Xiansheng; Jp: Goryuu Sensei), a famous biography believed to have been written by the Chinese poet Tao Yuanming (Jp. To Enmei; 365-427) is written in the semi-cursive script (gyosho) of writing Chinese characters and the cursive script (sosho). According to the editorial notes at the end, the exhibited piece was written by Shojo on a beautifully decorated ryoshi, commissioned by a noble. It was around this time that citations from』Kobun Shimpo (lit. “Anthology of True Gems of Classical Poetry”), a collection of Chinese poems, essays and other works ranging from the Hang to Sung Dynasties, became popular. Most likely patterned after this fashion, both Hon-ami Koetsu and Shojo often produced decorated quotations like this one to be used as gifts. The Daishi School technique is clear in the clever mixture of large and small letters.
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