Jojuji Temple: Poem for Tetsugyu on His 50th Birthday
Ink on paper
鐵牛和尚五十初度偈 木庵性瑫
日本
鐵牛和尚五十歲生日，其師木庵禪師書此作祝賀。內容除了祝壽外，更描寫了木庵對鐵牛之看重與期許。木庵禪師原為明（1368～1644）末清（1644～1911）初人，後赴日本，成為隱元隆琦之後弘揚黃檗宗之第二世祖，對傳播黃檗宗最為有力。
木庵用筆向來粗豪率直，在較為圓勢均一的結字中，展現簡單率直之美。然而此卷變化特多，粗細大小比例懸殊，敢於壓按放筆，氣勢如旋風掃葉。
參考釋文：鐵牛首座五十初度偈以贈／碧玉麒麟影俊哉崢嶸頭角／甚恢諧金風乍動登天命／纔自曇華經壽若／萬福木庵寺人書
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 110.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Jojuji Temple: Poem for Tetsugyu on His 50th Birthday." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 110.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Jojuji Temple: Poem for Tetsugyu on His 50th Birthday" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:110.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Jojuji Temple: Poem for Tetsugyu on His 50th Birthday. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 110).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Edson, Gary,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy },
pages = 110,
title = {{Jojuji Temple: Poem for Tetsugyu on His 50th Birthday}},
volume = 17,
year = {2016}}
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Edson, Gary,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy },
pages = 110,
title = {{Jojuji Temple: Poem for Tetsugyu on His 50th Birthday}},
volume = 17,
year = {2016}}