Obaku's Three Calligraphy Works

Japanese: 黄檗の三筆 - おうばくのさんぴつ

...Other monks from the Obaku sect who came to Japan during the Edo period, Ingen, Mokuan (1611-84), and Sokuhi (1616-71, given the name Nyoichi and a disciple of Mokuan), are called the "Three Calligraphers of Obaku," while Konoe Nobutada (pen name Sanmyakuin), Hon'ami Koetsu, and Shokado Shōjō are called the "Three Calligraphers of the Kan'ei Period." This name probably came into use after the Meiji period, and in the 1730s (Kyoho era) the Kan'ei Three Calligraphers were called the "Three Calligraphers of Kyoto." Makiryōkō, Ichikawa Beian, and Nukina Kaiya (Sōō) were also called the "Three Calligraphers of the Late Edo Period."

From [Calligraphy]

…At that time, the Ming Dynasty had been destroyed by the Qing Dynasty, and Dokuryu came to Nagasaki for the first time in 1653 (Shoo 2) as a way of seeking asylum in Japan. Ingen came the following year, and his disciples Mokuan and Sokuhi also came to Japan and became the head priests of Obakusan Manpukuji Temple. Ingen, Mokuan, and Sokuhi are called the "Three Calligraphers of Obaku" or "Inmokusoku." During the period of national isolation, Nagasaki was the only gateway to foreign cultural artifacts, and new Ming calligraphy was introduced mainly from Nagasaki. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Three Calligraphy Pens of Obaku" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ほかには江戸時代に日本へ渡った黄檗（おうばく）宗の3僧，隠元，木庵（もくあん）(1611‐84)，即非（そくひ）(1616‐71。諱は如一（によいち），木庵の法弟)を〈黄檗の三筆〉，また近衛信尹（のぶただ）(号は三藐院（さんみやくいん）)，本阿弥光悦，松花堂昭乗を〈寛永の三筆〉と呼ぶが，この呼名もおそらく明治以降であろうといわれ，1730年代(享保年間)には寛永三筆を〈京都三筆〉と呼んでいる。また巻菱湖（まきりようこ），市河米庵，貫名海屋（ぬきなかいおく）(菘翁（すうおう）)の3人を〈幕末の三筆〉という。…

【書】より

…当時明国は清に滅ぼされたため，日本に亡命する意味もあって，1653年(承応2)独立（どくりゆう）が初めて長崎に渡来，翌年隠元が来り，その門下の木庵･即非も来朝し，黄檗山万福寺の住持となった。隠元･木庵･即非を〈黄檗の三筆〉，また〈隠木即（いんもくそく）〉と呼ぶ。鎖国下にあって長崎は唯一の外来文物の門戸で，長崎を中心に新しい明代の書が取り入れられた。…

※「黄檗の三筆」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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