bokuseki　墨跡

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

Black ink brush writing by Zen 禅 priests, as well as by laymen who practiced Zen meditations and wrote Buddhist sermons, hougo 法語. These laymen also wrote poetry, geju 偈頌, certificates of attaining spirited enlightenment, inkajou 印可状. Some liked to study and explain the history of the names of other priests, azagousetsu 字号説. Others studied character writing by Zen priests to determine whether or not they were beautifully executed. The writer's personality or morals were of no account in the evaluation of the skill in writing. Used in a tea room *chashitsu 茶室, of the hut style, excellent script, both ancient and medieval, was highly revered. The text *NANBOUROKU 南坊録 (1593-1691)--which conveys the spirit of tea, cha-no-seishin 茶の精神, of Sen Rikyuu 千利休 (1522-91)--states that black ink brush writing is most appropriate for scrolls hung in a tea room. One highly valued piece is the black ink picture by a head priest at Daitokuji 大徳寺 in Kyoto, which is referred to as a Daitokuji object, daitokuji mono 大徳寺物.

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