The Three Calligraphy Works of the Kan'ei Era

Japanese: 寛永の三筆 - かんえいのさんぴつ

…In 1601, he returned to his post as Minister of the Left, and in 1605, he became the Chancellor and the head of the clan. He was known as a skilled calligrapher, and in later generations, his style was called the Sanmyakuin style, and he was praised as one of the Three Great Calligraphers of the Kan'ei Period, along with Hon'ami Koetsu and Shokado Shojo. [Hashimoto Masanobu] …

From [Three Brushes]

...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]

…Prince Fushimi Soncho is known for his excellent calligraphy, especially the Soncho style, even within the Shoren-in school. Among the nobles was Konoe Sakihisa, who founded the Konoe school from the Shoren-in school. His son Konoe Nobutada, in particular, produced a unique style of calligraphy in large characters using strong brushstrokes, which came to be known as the Sanmyakuin school. Together with Hon'ami Koetsu and Shokado Shojo from the early Edo period, he is called one of the "Three Calligraphers of the Kan'ei Era." His large-character folding screens are powerful works of Japanese-style calligraphy that rival the sliding screen paintings that were popular at the time. …

From [Honami Koetsu]

…His representative works include Fujiyama, Shigure, Amegumo, Kichigai, Shichiri, Kaga, Bishamon-do, Otogozen, Kamiya, and Setsubun. If he were forced to classify them, he would divide them into semi-cylindrical works with a bulging waist and works with a rounded waist. [Taka Akanuma] He was initially influenced by the Shoren-in Soncho school and the Konoe school, but he learned directly from the ancient style and eventually created his own style of calligraphy, the Koetsu style, which is rich in variation in thickness and volume, and is famous as one of the three calligraphy styles of the Kan'ei period, along with Konoe Nobutada and Shokado Shojo. His works are full of decorative beauty that harmonize with the paper with gold and silver underpaintings, and his main works include the Woodblock Waka Scroll, the Four Seasons Flowers Waka Scroll, and Rissho Ankoku Ron. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Kan'ei Sanbutsu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1601年左大臣に還任，05年関白，氏長者となる。能書家として知られ，後世，その書風を三藐院流と称して，本阿弥光悦，松花堂昭乗とともに寛永の三筆とたたえている。【橋本政宣】。…

【三筆】より

…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

…伏見宮尊朝法親王は青蓮院流でもとくに尊朝流と呼ぶ名筆で知られる。公卿では青蓮院流から近衛流を創始した近衛前久（さきひさ）があり，とくにその子近衛信尹（のぶただ）は強い筆線で大字の仮名に異色の書風を現出し，三藐院（さんみやくいん）流と称され，江戸初期の本阿弥光悦，松花堂昭乗とともに〈寛永の三筆〉と呼ばれる。その大字屛風は当時盛行した障壁画に伍して和様の書を迫力ある作品にしあげている。…

【本阿弥光悦】より

…代表作には〈不二山〉〈時雨〉〈雨雲〉〈喰違〉〈七里〉〈加賀〉〈毘沙門堂〉〈乙御前〉〈紙屋〉〈雪峰〉などがあげられるが，しいて分類をすれば腰を張らせた半筒形と，腰の丸い作品とに分けられる。【赤沼多佳】　書道ははじめ青蓮院尊朝流，近衛流などの影響をうけながら，上代様に直接学んで，ついに肥瘦の変化に富む纏綿（てんめん）華麗な独自の書風〈光悦様〉を創始し，近衛信尹（のぶただ），松花堂昭乗とともに寛永の三筆と呼ばれて名高い。金銀泥の下絵を施した料紙に調和した装飾美溢れる作品があり，おもなものに，〈木版下絵和歌巻〉〈四季草花和歌巻〉〈立正安国論〉などがあげられる。…

※「寛永の三筆」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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