Letter by Fujiki Atsunao
- Person
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作者藤木敦直
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- フジキアツナオヒツショウソク
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001137-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
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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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- Classification
- Art
- AI Tagging
- Rectangle Font Pattern Monochrome Visual arts
Fujiki Atsunao (1582-1649) was the son of Fujiki Norinao, the head priest at the Kamo Shrine (in Kyoto). Appointed Governor of Kai Province, he was commonly called “Fujiki Kai” but later adopted the pseudonym Seishin-Sai.Atsunao studied calligraphy under Iikawa Akitomo and his uncle, Fujiki Narisada. He practiced the Daishi Style, a patterning after the writing style of Reverend Kukai. (Kukai is a prominent name in Japan’s Buddhist history. He was the founder of Shingon Sect Buddhism and was later called Kobo Daishi, the Most Reverend Kobo.)Atsunao later became a widely recognized heir to the Daishi School of calligraphy, which he developed further into a semi-school called the Kamo Style, or Kai Style. Many of Atsunao’s disciples became achieved calligraphers and prominent figures in various fields. They include Priest Jakugen (who was Atsunao’s son), Honjo Michika, Terada Muzen, Araki Sohaku and Sasaki Shizuma, to name a few.This letter is addressed to Honjo Michika (1604-68), one of Atsunao’s disciples who later became a follower of the Kai School that Atsunao had originated. Michika was the elder brother of Keisho-In, the biological mother of the Fifth Tokugawa Shogun, Tsunayoshi. In this letter, Atsunao asks if he can borrow a copy of Shoshi Kaiyo (Ch. Shushi Huiyao; lit. “Summary History of Calligraphy”). This book was compiled by To Sogi (Ch. Tao Zongyi) and contains the biographies of calligraphers from ancient times to the present, with descriptions of various styles. He also requests a transcribed copy of Shofu (Ch. Shu Pu), a thesis on calligraphy by Son Katei (Ch. Sun Guo-Ting). From the calligraphic style, this letter was probably written when Atsunao was about 60 years old. At a glance, the viewer notices the obvious Daishi School writing style.
［端裏書］宮内太輔様人々甲斐かもより尚々無正意事に打暮申候書史會書譜久敷不得芳意御便宜ニなりともまち申候床布奉存候以新写正本共に参上申上候事来十可被下候拝覧申度候七日迄は貴邊御制法之穢候条其過候而可致伺公候権七も大形よく罷成候明日内々御礼ニ罷出候ハんよし申候へとも参上止させ申候恐惶謹言四日（花押）
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