Fragment Scroll of Kokin Wakashu by Watanabe Sohei
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作者渡辺素平
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- ワタナベソヘイヒツコキンワカシュウマキダイジュウザンカン
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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-002331-0000
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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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Watanabe Sohei (years of birth and death unknown) was a senior disciple of Araki Sohaku (1600-1685), the Jodai School (classical style) calligrapher of the early Edo Period. Sohei was originally a vassal serving the Mizuno household. As Araki Sohaku used to serve Mizuno Katsunari (1564-1651), the feudal lord of Fukuyama Province (today’s Hiroshima Pref.), Sohei was likely to also work for the Mizunos. Sohei lived in Kyoto and studied Sohaku-style calligraphy and was particularly good at writing kana (Japanese phonetic syllabary). Like Sohaku, Sohei exerted great efforts to copy and reproduce ancient Jodai-style brushworks. The Kozei-Kyo Kana (lit. Lord Kozei’s Syllabary, an exemplar), published in 1784, carries a reproduction of tracing copies that Sohei had made. Sohei started writing his critique on calligraphy, Rimpu-Sho, in 1686 and finished three years later. The book discusses the secrets to this art and proves that Sohei had dedicated his life to the serious research of ancient script.The exhibit is a trace copy of a fragment of the Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems) scroll written in the Jodai-style. At a glance, one is reminded of the classical brushwork from the ancient Heian Period. The extant brushwork proves Sohei was a consummated calligrapher of the Jodai School. The writer’s note says he was 72 at this writing, but the elegant brushstrokes defy his age.
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