Moshiogusa (Brinish Seaweed) Album of Exemplary Calligraphy

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Cultural property designation

National Treasure

Classification

Calligraph

Place of production

Japan

Size

Height 40 cm Width 35 cm

Collector

Kyoto National Museum

A tekagami, or album of exemplary calligraphy, is a collection of excerpts from old scrolls or books of sutras, poems and letters. The selection of calligraphers in a tekagami, its types of calligraphy and its order tell us about the changing tastes in classical Japanese-style calligraphy over the years.
Moshigusa, an album of 242 detached segments ranging from the Nara to the Muromachi Periods, was handed down from generation to generation as a reference register a family that remained the central, calligraphy authority throughout the Edo period.
Among the segments is the “Muromachi-gire,” one of only two surviving fragments from the Hitomaroshu, which is part of the Anthologies of Thirty-Six Poets, formerly owned by the Nishi-Honganji temple. The “Okadera-gire” is another rare, detached segment from Minamoto Shitagoshu of the same set. Both are excellent specimens of kana script in the early-12th Century.

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Moshiogusa (Brinish Seaweed) Album of Exemplary Calligraphy

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Fragment of the Michinari Edition of Shinkokin Wakashu (New Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient

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Fragment of the Yashima Edition of Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems),

Fragment of the Buzen Edition of Shinkokin Wakashu (New Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient and

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Fragment from the Miyoshi Edition of Zoku Kokin Wakashu (Continued Collection of Ancient and Modern

Fragment from the Irie Edition of Shiika Wakashu (Collection of Verbal Flowers of Japanese Poetry),

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Fragment from the Hirano Edition of Zoku Senzai Wakashu (Continued Collection of Japanese Poems of a

Fragment from the Ise Edition of Zoku Shui Wakashu (Continued Collection of Gleanings of Japanese Po

Fragment from the Nagao Edition of Zoku Gosen Wakashu (Continued Later Collection of Japanese Poems)

Fragment from the Togakushi (or Hoto) Edition of Myohorengekyo (Lotus Sutra), Volume 4, from the Mos

Fragment from the Omuro Edition of a Copied Sutra from the Moshiogusa Album of Exemplary Calligraphy

Fragment from the Ishiyama Edition of a Copy of the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiujing) from the

Fragment of the Sanmon Edition of Kuanghungmingchi (Kogumyoshu) from the Moshiogusa Album of Exempla

Fragment from the Kawachi Edition of Konkomyo Saishookyo Sutra, Volume 8, from the Moshiogusa Album

Fragment from the Sanuki Edition of Gobu Konkomyokyo Sutra, Volume 8, from the Moshiogusa Album of E

Fragment from the Shiki Edition of a Buddhist Writing from the Moshiogusa Album of Exemplary Calligr

Fragment from the Koya Edition of Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems), V

Fragment of the Kojima Edition of Princess Kishi's Poetry Collection from the Moshiogusa Album of Ex

Fragment from the Hon'ami Edition of Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems)

Fragment from the Tsugao Edition of Man'yoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), Volume 8

Fragment from the Naniwa Edition of Man'yoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), Volume 14

Fragment from the Kobori (or Hari) Edition of the Poetry Collection by the Son of Minamoto Tsugeyuki

Fragment from the Toshi Edition of Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems),

Fragment from the Horin-ji Edition of Wakan Roeishu (Collection of Japanese and Chinese Verses)

Fragment from the Muromachi Edition of the Collection of Poems by Hitomaro

Fragment from the Okadera Edition of Minamoto Shitao's Poetry Collection

Fragment from the Ouchi Edition of Wakan Roeishu (Collection of Japanese and Chinese Verses), Volume

Fragment from the Karasumaru Edition of Gosen Wakashu (Later Collection of Japanese Poetry), Volume

Fragment from the Hatsuse Edition of a Buddhist Text

Fragment from the Todai-ji Edition of the Tales of the Three Buddhist Treasures

Fragment from the Yamana Edition of Shinsen Roeishu (New Collection of Verses), Volume 1

Fragment of the Uzura Edition of Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems), Vo

Fragment from the Dairi Edition of Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems),

Fragment from the Masuzoko Edition of Kin'yo Wakashu (Collection of Golden Leaves of Japanese Poems)

Fragment from Tada Edition of Shinkokin Wakashu (New Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient and Mod

Fragment from the Tosa Edition of Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems), V

Fragment from the Miyake Edition of Shinchokusen Wakashu (New Imperially Commissioned Anthology of J

Fragment from the Tennoji Edition of a Biography on Prince Shotoku from the Moshiogusa Album of Exem

Fragment from the Miyoshi Edition of Senzai Wakashu (Collection of Japanese Poems of a Thousand Year

Fragment of the Konakawa Edition of Tales of the Priest Kukai (Kobo Daishi Ekotoba) from the Moshiog

Fragment from the Amago Edition of Shui Wakashu (Collection of Gleanings of Japanese Poems)

Fragment from the Kuze Edition of Man'yoshusho (Selected Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves) from the

Fragment from the Fujii Edition of Wakan Roeishu (Collection of Japanese and Chinese Verses) from th

Fragment from the Tamatsu Edition of Kagero Nikki Ekotoba (The Gossamer Years)

Fragment of the Nachi Edition of Inmyonyusho Rironsho Buddhist Commentary, Volume 2, from the Moshio

Fragment from the Shimotsuke Edition of Shui Wakashu (Collection of Gleanings of Japanese Poetry), V

Fragment from the Tahara Edition of a Buddhist Tale (Engi) from the Moshiogusa Album of Exemplary Ca

Fragment of the Nanasha Edition of a Collection of Poems Offered to Seven Shrines from the Moshiogus

Fragment of the Takashima Edition of Buddhist Tales (Engi) from the Moshiogusa Album of Exemplary Ca

Fragment from the Yodo Edition of the Record of Temple Donations Collected by Shamon Ryoken

Fragment from the Nagato Edition of the Tale of the Heike

Fragment from the Magio Edition of a Japanese Verse from the Moshiogusa Album of Exemplary Calligrap

Fragment from the Kita Edition of a Buddhist Writing from the Moshiogusa Album of Exemplary Calligra

Fragment from the Kanazawa Edition of Man'yoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), Volume 14, from

Fragment from the Makimono Edition of a Letter of Request by Ono no Michikaze from the Moshiogusa Al

Fragment from the Nose Edition of Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems), V

Fragment from the Makimono Edition of a Letter from the Moshiogusa Album of Exemplary Calligraphy

Fragment from the Kameyama Edition of a Buddhist Writing from the Moshiogusa Album of Exemplary Call

Fragment from the Gion Edition of a Buddhist Tale (Engi) from the Moshiogusa Album of Exemplary Call

Fragment from the Yaki Edition of Daihannyaharamittakyo (Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra), Volume 52

Segment from the Nan-in Edition of Shinsenrui Rinsho (Collection of Poems from the Tang Dynasty)

Fragment from the Saito Edition of Chu Yuimakitsukyo (Annotated Vimalakirti Sutra), Volume 9, from t

Fragment from the Saga Edition of Record of Shibunritsu Gyojisho Commentary from the Moshiogusa Albu

Fragment from the Chikubushima Edition of a Buddhist Writing from the Moshiogusa Album of Exemplary

Fragment from the Sanbo-in Edition of a Proclamation by Gyozan from the Moshiogusa Album of Exemplar

Fragment from the Yokokawa Edition of the Gyogan (Practice and Vow) Chapter of Kegongyo (Avatamsaka

Fragment from the Kurodani Edition of Legends of Zenzai Doshi

Fragment from the Kasama Edition of a Wakashu (Japanese Poetry Collection) from the Moshiogusa Album

Fragment from the Omi Edition of Shui Wakashu (Collection of Gleanings of Japanese Poetry), Volume 4

Fragment from the Asano Edition of a Letter from the Moshiogusa Album of Exemplary Calligraphy