Kyoto Sanpitsu

...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."

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Kyoto Sanbutsu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…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。…

※「京都三筆」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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