Daigoji Temple: Credentials Conferred by Master Kukai (detail)
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天長印信 後醍醐天皇
日本
此為日本後醍醐天皇（1318～1339在位）應京都醍醐寺住持弘真之請所書。一九五一年指定為日本國寶。
印信乃平安天長二年（825）空海授予弟子真雅，此後為世代相承的寶物，故取天長年號為名。印信，即密教傳法灌頂儀式後，阿闍梨授予弟子許可狀，作為傳授秘法的證明。
後醍醐天皇為接任後宇多天皇（1274～1287在位）者，在佛學上、學術上依循父皇，推崇禪宗，修宋學，並有所創新。書法則受其父後宇多天皇的影響，並學空海書跡，然兼有宋人之樣貌，使轉上更具大方流動之態。
參考釋文：故和尚云雖義明供奉授與部大阿／闍梨法未授此印唯有一人好好和尚／可報吾恩也有寫瓶實惠又□／入壇授法弟子頗多唯汝一人／授之耳／右天長三年乙巳三月五日於東寺／真雅大法師授之／傳受阿闍梨遍照金剛□□□□□／此印信大師御筆也最後／賜之代之座主重寶也
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 38.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Daigoji Temple: Credentials Conferred by Master Kukai." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 38.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Daigoji Temple: Credentials Conferred by Master Kukai" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:38.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Daigoji Temple: Credentials Conferred by Master Kukai. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 38).
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