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Seven-syllable Quatrain by Konoe Iehiro

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制作年 AD17
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コノエイエヒロヒツシチゴンゼック
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Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
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AW-CEN-001080-0000
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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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Konoe Iehiro (1667-1736), a noble who lived toward the middle of the Edo Period, was born to the Regent Konoe Motohiro (1648-1722) and Imperial Princess Tsuneko, the daughter of Emperor GoMizuno-o. His career advanced rapidly to Regent, then Senior Regent, and finally reached the highest bureaucratic post of Prime Minister at age 44. Iehiro retired into Buddhism at age 59 and adopted the religious name Shinkaku and an artistic pen name, Yoraku-In. The Konoe family are descendants of the ancient Fujiwaras and the head of the five families that conventionally held regent and senior regent posts. In calligraphy, the Konoe family originated the Konoe School, also called the Sanmyaku-In School, and produced generations of outstanding calligraphers, including Konoe Nobutada (1565-1614), widely respected as one of the “Three Brushes of the Kanei Era,” Nobuhiro (1599-1649), Hisatsugu (1622-1653) and Motohiro. Under his father Motohiro’s influence, Iehiro was attracted to classical masterpieces of the Heian Period and devoted himself to the collection and trace-copy reproduction of purely Japanese-style brushworks of the ancient court. Despite the popularity of brushwork styles with Chinese influence as well as the Oie School (alias Shoren-In School or Son-en School), Iehiro practiced the classical Japanese style, teaching himself with the treasures that had accumulated in the Konoe household. He contributed to the revival of the ancient style and was respected as the originator of the Yoraku-In School.The exhibit is a seven-syllable quatrain originally appearing in Vol. III of the Renju Shikaku (lit. linked jewelry beads of poetry forms. Ch: Lianzhu Shinge), a 20-volume poetry collection from Yuan Dynasty China. The poem entitled “Quiet Life” is attributed to Li Songyi. Although this book was quickly lost in China, its imported copies were read widely in Japan. Iehiro wrote the widely-structured characters on silk screen, displaying the typically classical style that he had mastered.

大都心足之身還足祗恐身閑心未閑但得心閑随処楽不論朝市与雲山野人漫書(印「」)(印「家煕之章」)

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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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Seven-syllable Quatrain by Konoe Iehiro

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Seven-syllable Quatrain by Konoe Iehiro

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