Teika Style

The calligraphy style of Fujiwara Teika, a famous poet and scholar of poetry in the early Kamakura period. Teika's calligraphy is characterized by lines that do not focus much on character shape and show extreme variations in pen pressure. Although it is a quirky style, it has its own unique style, and the descendants of Teika, such as Nijo, Reizei, and Kyogoku, have had a significant influence on the calligraphy style of the poets who inherited the study of poetry. In the early modern period, it was publicized under the name of Teika-ryu or Teika-sama. Teika's theory of poetry was revered in the tea ceremony, and he produced many followers among poets and tea masters. Starting with the regent Konoe Nobutada, poets such as Karasuma Mitsuhiro and Reizei Tamemura, renga masters such as Satomura Genchin, and tea masters such as Kobori Enshu and Matsudaira Fumai were all masters of the Teika school.

[Minoru Furuya]

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鎌倉初期の歌人・歌学者として名高い藤原定家の書流。定家の書は、字形にあまりこだわらず、筆圧の強弱を極端に表した線質に特徴があり、癖のある書風ではあるが、独自の風格を備え、定家の末裔(まつえい)にあたる二条、冷泉(れいぜい)、京極など歌道の家々によって、歌学の継承とともにその書風にもまた著しい影響を及ぼし、近世に入り、定家流あるいは定家様の名で喧伝(けんでん)された。茶道において定家の歌論が尊崇されたため、歌人や茶人の間で多くの追随者を輩出。関白近衛信尹(このえのぶただ)をはじめ、烏丸光広(からすまみつひろ)、冷泉為村(ためむら)らの歌人、里村(さとむら)玄陳らの連歌師、小堀遠州、松平不昧(ふまい)らの茶人は、いずれも定家流の名手である。

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