Gokyogoku style

It is a school of calligraphy. Its founder was Fujiwara Yoshitsune (1169-1206), who was called Gokyogokudono. Yoshitsune was the son of the regent Kujo Kanezane, and he himself rose to the position of regent and grand minister of state, and was also an important poet. His calligraphy was the work of his grandfather Fujiwara Tadamichi, who founded the Hosshoji school, and Yoshitsune inherited the skills of his father Kanezane, who was also a master of the Hosshoji school, and showed the skill to be the founder of the school. There are few calligraphy works remaining, only letters (Tokyo National Museum and others) and the "Hannya Rishukyo" (Ninnaji Temple), but his style, with its narrow, elongated characters and tenacity, was loved not only by the aristocracy but also by monks and samurai. This school was all the rage from the early to mid-Kamakura period, and many of its members include Fujiwara no Teika's son Tameie and the Shogunate's regent Hojo Tokimune. There are also many ancient writings of the Gokyogoku school.

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書道の流派の一つ。後京極殿(のちのきょうごくどの)とよばれた藤原良経(よしつね)（1169―1206）を祖とする。良経は、関白・九条兼実(かねざね)の子で、自らも関白・太政(だいじょう)大臣に上り、歌人としても重きをなした。その書は、祖父藤原忠通(ただみち)が法性寺(ほっしょうじ)流を生んだ能書であり、父兼実も法性寺流の名手であったのを受け継ぎ、流祖となるほどの技量を示した。遺墨は少なく、書状（東京国立博物館ほか）や『般若(はんにゃ)理趣経』（仁和寺(にんなじ)）を残すだけであるが、狭長な字形で粘り強いその書風は、貴族階級ばかりではなく僧侶(そうりょ)や武家からも愛好された。鎌倉初期から中期にかけて一世を風靡(ふうび)し、藤原定家(ていか)の子為家(ためいえ)や、幕府の執権(しっけん)北条時宗(ときむね)などが、この流に連なる。また後京極流の古筆切(こひつぎれ)も多い。

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