Nippon Shodo Shi Shinron Sho No Tayo Sei to Fukami Wo Saguru (Chiku Ma Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] Based on recent research results, this distinguished scholar of the history of Japanese calligraphy reveals the diversity and depth of Japanese calligraphy from new perspectives. The origins of Japanese calligraphy can be traced back to the Inariyama burial mound with inlaid iron sword inscriptions and Prince Shotoku's "Hokke Giso," and the development of Japanese calligraphy can be traced back to the Yi Kun tombstone inscription of Kibi Masabi, recently discovered in China. Furthermore, the history of calligraphy, which is different from the history of Chinese character culture based on China, is re-drawn as the history of Japan's unique writing culture that is free and open, based on the calligraphy of Heian-period Noh calligraphers, Confucian scholars, Buddhist monks from Saigyo and Jakugon to Ryokan, and literary figures such as Yorai Sanyo.

日本書史の碩学が、近年の新たな研究成果に基づき、日本の書がもつ多様性と深みを新視点から明らかにする。わが国の書の原点を稲荷山古墳鉄剣象嵌銘や聖徳太子「法華義疏」に見、近年中国で見つかった吉備真備の李訓墓誌銘などを例に挙げつつ、その発展史を辿る。さらに三筆・三跡と呼ばれる平安期の能書家、儒者、西行・寂厳から良寛に至る僧侶、頼山陽ら文人の書から、中国基軸の漢字文化史とも異なる、自由で伸びやかな日本独自の文字文化の歩みとしての書道史を描きなおす。