Ryokoin Temple: Congratulatory Note to Master Myoso Saitetsu (right end section)
Ink on silk
Ryokoin Temple: Congratulatory Note to Master Myoso Saitetsu (left end section)
明叟齊哲開堂諸山疏 竺仙梵僊
日本
此書寫者為元代（1271～1368）禪僧竺仙梵僊，成於日本南北朝貞和二年（1346）。竺仙梵僊原為中國僧人，後赴日宣教，曾駐於京都南禪寺等地。此卷之書寫，蓋因明叟齊哲禪師將主京都真如寺，竺仙梵僊等人皆欲相賀，遂寫成此文，文中盛贊明叟齊哲見多識廣而眼界寬大，必有一番作為，欣喜與期許之情滿溢文中。一九五二年指定為日本國寶。
此卷書寫受到宋代（960～1279）書法家黃庭堅、范成大的影響，拉長又顯眼的筆畫，將單字架構為縱橫明確且穩重如山。但其書寫較為快速，有直入草書，繚繞如雲煙者，為穩重勁利的書寫，增添自由揮灑的透氣空間，讓整體輕重、速度的對比更為自然，產生明快流暢的韻律感。
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For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 204.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Ryokoin Temple: Congratulatory Note to Master Myoso Saitetsu." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 204.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Ryokoin Temple: Congratulatory Note to Master Myoso Saitetsu" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:204.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Ryokoin Temple: Congratulatory Note to Master Myoso Saitetsu. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 204).
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