Kyukyoudo - Kyukyoudo

Japanese: 鳩居堂 - きゅうきょどう

…Works on ink include Kobaien Bokudan, Kobaien Bokufu, and Daibokukotsuboshu by Matsui Motoyasu, the sixth head of Kobaien in Nara, and Keikaen Bokufu by Fujiwara Morimi. From the end of the Edo period, Kyukodo in Kyoto rose to prominence, and inks bearing the Kyukodo name began to be sold. However, in recent years, the ink industry has generally taken the form of mass production using mineral smoke and soot, and rather than relying on the skills of ink masters, scientific and rational ink-making methods are used, and ink liquid and kneaded ink have become widespread. …

From [Brush]

… At the end of the Edo period, Ichikawa Beian also published a catalog of over 200 brushes in his collection, the Beian Collection of Brushes (1834), as well as the first and second volumes of Beian Bokudan and the Catalogue of the Koyama Rindo Painting and Calligraphy Library, and deepened his research into stationery. Kobaien of Nara, famous for its ink production, opened a shop in Kyoto, and Kyukodo, which made a living selling medicine and incense, also began selling brushes. When the education system was reformed in the Meiji period, the common Oie style that had been practiced in temple schools was replaced by a more powerful Chinese style, and the scrolled core was abandoned in favor of the water brush (no core brush). …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kyukyodo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…墨に関する著録としては，奈良の古梅園六代松井元泰の《古梅園墨談》《古梅園墨譜》《大墨鴻壺集》，藤原守美の《桂花園墨譜》などが刊行された。江戸末期から京都の鳩居堂が台頭し，鳩居堂銘の墨が出回るようになった。しかし近年の墨業は一般に鉱物性の煙煤による大量生産の形態をとることが多く，墨匠の技芸に頼るよりは，むしろ科学的合理的な製墨法が行われ，さらに墨液，練り墨が普及している。…

【筆】より

…　幕末の市河米庵（べいあん）も蔵筆200余枝の図録《米庵蔵筆譜》(1834)をはじめ，《米庵墨談》正･続，《小山林堂書画文房図録》などを刊行し，文房具に関する研究を深めた。製墨で有名な奈良の古梅園が京都に店を出し，薬物薫香を業とした鳩居堂が，筆の販売にも携わるようになった。明治になって学制が改革されると，寺子屋で行われてきた通俗な御家（おいえ）流にかわって雄勁な唐様が採用され，用筆も巻心を廃して水筆(無心筆)が多く使われるようになった。…

※「鳩居堂」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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