
This is a result of my copying practice of a piece by my teacher’s wife, who was herself a great calligrapher. And she created this piece, which is from the latter part of the “Iroha” poem, in the very final years of her life. As is well known, the “Iroha” poem seems open to a variety of interpretations, and this particular passage can be read as either “Life as a whole was a fleeting dream”, “I will no longer dream,” or in other ways. To me, as she was such an amazing woman who I look up to, I am very intrigued to know what was on her mind when she chose and wrote this passage.
You can send requests for Chio’s calligraphy to <chio_art@yushokai.com>.
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これは、ご自身も書家であった我が師の奥さまの書を私が臨書したもので、いろは歌の終わりの方の一節です。もう最晩年に書かれたのですが、よく知られているように、いろは歌というのはいろいろの解釈が出来るようです。この一説も、『人生全体が儚い夢だった』とも『もう夢を見ることはない』とも、また別の解釈も可能なようです。私にとって、本当に素晴らしい憧れの女性だったので、どのような思いで、この一節を選んで書かれたのか、とても興味深いのです。
知櫻の書のご依頼は、 <chio_art@yushokai.com>までお願いいたします。
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