Letter by Nanka Genko
- Person
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作者南化玄興
- Date
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制作年 AD16
- Title
- ナンカゲンコウヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-002456-0000
- 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
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- Handwriting Font Writing Monochrome Paper
Nanka Genko (1538-1604) was a Rinzai-denomination priest who was active from the Momoyama to early Edo Period. His pen name was Kyohaku (lit. “empty white”). Originally, he hailed from the Hitotsuyanagi clan of Mino (Gifu Prefecture). He received Buddhist training from Kaisen Joki of Erinji Temple in Kai Province and Sufukuji in Kai Province (Yamanashi Prefecture) and was granted inka (certification of attaining Buddhist enlightenment). Nanka Genko was invited to the opening ceremony of Shounji Temple, erected by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Emperor Goyozei posthumously bestowed the title of Joe Inmyo Kokushi upon Priest Genko. Genko’s sermons are recorded in the three-volume Kyohaku-Shu (lit. “Kyohaku Collection”). As shown in the letter, Genko has very unique handwriting, one that nobody can acquire by calligraphic training alone. It is obvious that Genko’s style was an inevitable result of his years of training as a Buddhist monk; it has the rigorous beauty of Zen Buddhism. The content of the letter only makes sense to the immediate parties involved. Nanka Genko expresses his sympathy for the ailing recipient and promises that he will send a verse, possibly a Buddhist verse, trying to cheer up the recipient. The letter suggests that the sender and addressee are good friends.
書返進候事御察候とハ御書快然之至候此間者誰々も可被下候御所労之由無御心許候随而此一巻御為ニ書進候御慰ニ可有御覧候先日之御状ニ借進候様ニ承候間軈而可申入候て失念仕候尚懸御目可申述候恐々不宣乃剋玄興（花押）
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