Buddhist Verse by Isshi Bunshu
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作者一絲文守
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- イッシブンシュヒツゲジュ
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- 紙本淡彩
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- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001831-0000
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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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Isshi Bunshu (1608-46) was a Zen priest of the Rinzai sect born as the third son of Iwakura Tomotaka and used several pseudonyms including Tokoshi (named after his residence of Toko-An), Kokan and Kanmu. Isshi Bunshu became a pupil of Takuan Soho (1573-1645) and Ungo Kiyo (1582-1659). A devout Buddhist, Retired Emperor Gomizuno-o (1596-1680) appointed Isshi Bunshu to head the Reigenji Temple in Kamo, Kyoto. In 1641, Bunshu erected the Daibaizan Hojoji Temple in Tamba (Kyoto Prefecture), but moved to Eigenji Temple in Ohmi (Shiga Prefecture) in 1643, contributing greatly to its prosperity. Enjoying friendships with contemporary cultural elites such as Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (1579-1638), Kobori Enshu (1579-1647), Konoe Nobuhiro (1599-1647) and Shokado Shojo (1584-1639), Isshi Bunshu was himself a highly accomplished tea master, calligrapher and painter.This Buddhist Verse was entitled ‘Muzen’ and was found in Isshi Bunshu’s collection of sermons. It is accompanied, before and after it, by other verses addressed to his friends. However, ‘Muzen’ may refer to another priest Terada Muzen (1570-1691) who served seven generations of the Konoe family members, namely, Sakihisa, Nobutada, Nobuhiro, Naotsugu, Mototeru, Iehiro and Iehisa and was a friend of Isshi Bunshu’s. This verse could have been composed to match his friend’s name. The style of writing indicates that it could have been rendered as a draft in his senior years.
徳山棒折普天廓臨済喝消大地寛蕩尽従前楽活計任教渇飲与飢飡一絲野衲（印「耕閑」）
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