Tanzaku by Konoe Sakihisa
- Person
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作者近衛前久
- Date
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制作年 AD16
- Title
- コノエサキヒサヒツタンザク
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
Konoe Sakihisa (1536-1612), son of Senior Regent Konoe Taneie (1503-66), was the father of Nobutada (1565-1614), who was admired as one of the “Three Brushes of the Kanei Era.” Adopting a character from the name of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu (of the Muromachi military government), Sakihisa was called Harutsugu as a boy, but this name was later changed to Sakitsugu, then to Sakihisa. As the first-born son and legitimate heir of the Senior Regent’s family, Sakihisa was appointed Regent and clan head at age 19, and was given Junior First Rank at age 20. He finally became Chancellor in 1582, a post he resigned from only three months later. When the Honnoji Revolt (a coup d’etat at Honnoji Temple where Lord Oda Nobunaga was assassinated by his trusted general) erupted in June of the same year, he retired into Buddhism and became a monk, adopting the name Ryuzan. In latter years, he fell out of favor with Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Regent Toyotomi Hideyoshi, forcing him to live in remote provinces. Sakihisa was one of the foremost scholars of the day, thoroughly familiar with ancient manners and etiquette. His father had orally transmitted these secrets, which he passed down to Lord Shimazu Yoshihisa, his protector in Satsuma Province where he lived in self-imposed exile. Thus, Yoshihisa contributed to bringing central culture to outlying provinces.Konoe Sakihisa was an achieved calligrapher of the Sonen School and is said to have taught Shokado Shojo (1584-1639), who later won fame as one of the “Three Brushes of the Kanei Era” The exhibited tanzaku are signed “Ryuzan” and, as such, were written after Sakihisa became a monk after age 47. The tanzaku beginning with the Japanese syllables “Na-Re-Nu-Ru-Mo” has a somewhat complicated structure. The first syllable of each phrase comprising the poem can be read as the short Buddhist prayer “Namu Amida Buddha”. The underlying paintings of mist, pine tree, clouds, and flowers, all executed in gold mud, render this ryoshi particularly gorgeous.
Poem with Namu Amida Prayer: Have I not viewed the moon to my heart’s content? I have no regrets.
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