Calligraphed Zen Name by Kogetsu Sogan
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作者江月宗玩
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制作年 AD17
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- コウゲツソウガンヒツドウゴウ
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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-001441-0000
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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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Rinzai Sect Zen priest, Kogetsu Sogan (1574-1643), was affiliated with the Daitokuji Temple and was known by several pseudonyms including Kenshinshi and Kakukakushi. He was the son of Tsuda Sogyu(?-1591), a wealthy merchant and tea connoisseur in Sakai port city. Kogetsu first trained under Shorei Sokin (1505-1583)and then under Shun-oku So-en (1529-1611) and succeeded to him to become the 156th bishop of Daitokuji in 1610. Kogetsu Sogan is known for building smaller Buddhist structures such as Ryuko-In, Kansho-An, Koho-An and Sunsho-An in Daitokuji’s compounds. He also served as head priest at Sofukuji Temple in Chikuzen (Fukuoka Prefecture) and Nanshuji Temple in Sakai (Osaka Prefecture). In 1625, Kogetsu Sogan was honored with the title of Dairyo-Koso-Zenji given him by Emperor Gomizuno-o (1596-1680), and died 18 years later at 70 years of age. Kogetsu Sogan received devotions from the emperor, many aristocrats and military lords, most notably, Generalissimo Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98). Sogan was trained in the art of chanoyu (way of tea) by his father Sogyu and cultivated friendships with Kobori Enshu (1579-1647), Shokado Shojo (1584-1639) and many other tea connoisseurs. He wrote Kenshinko and left behind Bokuseki-no-Utsushi, a record of evaluation of calligraphy and painting (authentic hand copy by Sogan, preserved at the Sufukuji Temple).A dogo, or Zen name, in calligraphy is presented by the Zen master to his disciple when the latter takes the tonsure. The piece shown here was written by Sogan on the 4th of the new year of 1621. The dogo name appears at the top and this hanging screen is decorated with drawings of bamboo and bamboo shoots. The drawings may be a reference to an old proverb which teaches that ‘bamboo shoots grow so rapidly that they exceed the bamboo – their parents – in no time.’ Most likely it was written in such huge characters as Sogan was elated by the achievement of his disciple.
元和七年正月四日生勝翁江月叟書（印「江月」）（印「東漸」）
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