Tsugishikishikishi

A fragment of a collection of poems copied in the mid-Heian period. It was originally a booklet bound in clay. A poem is written in a scattered style on a two-page spread of plain paper, purple, orange, green, indigo, and yellow dyed paper (13.6 cm x 26.6 cm) folded in half. There is a section where the lower part of the poem is copied onto the next two-page spread, and it is called Tsugishikishi because the color of the paper on the left and right sides changes when the poem is made into a hanging scroll. Currently, 36 poems have been confirmed (29 from the Kokinshu, 6 from the Manyoshu, and 1 from an unknown source), and this is a transcription of an unknown collection of poems that contains them. It skillfully mixes simple female handwriting with cursive Manyo-gana, and the scattered writing technique is extremely ingenious. It is said to be the work of Ono no Michikaze, but there is no definite proof, and it is estimated to have been copied in the late 10th century. It is one of the three shikishi, along with "Sunshoan shikishi" and "Masu shikishi."

[Shoichi Kuboki]

"Japanese Famous Names Series 50: Tsugi Shikishi" (1981, Nigensha)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

平安中期に書写された歌集の断簡。もとは粘葉(でっちょう)装の冊子(さっし)本。素紙・紫・代赭(たいしゃ)・緑・藍(あい)・黄の染紙(そめがみ)（13.6センチメートル×26.6センチメートル）を二つ折りにした見開きに和歌一首を散らし書きで書く。なかには下(しも)の句を次の見開きに書写した部分があり、一首分を掛幅に仕立てる際、左右の料紙の色が変わるところから継色紙という。現在36首分が確認されており（『古今集』29首、『万葉集』6首、出典不明1首）、それらを収めた未詳歌集を書写したもの。簡略な女手(おんなで)と万葉仮名の草体を巧みに織り交ぜ、散らし書きの手法も巧妙を極める。小野道風筆と伝えるが確証はなく、10世紀後半の書写と推定される。『寸松庵(すんしょうあん)色紙』『升(ます)色紙』とともに三色紙の一つ。

［久保木彰一］

『『日本名跡叢刊50　継色紙』（1981・二玄社）』

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