On the left side of the main hall of Tenmangu Shrine, there are various stele stones, including the "Kuding Tsuka" stele for the "kitchen knife" and the stone stele for the ancestor of Japanese sumo wrestling, Ye Nomi yu (the ancestor of Sugawara Michimasa). The most eye-catching is the Sugahara Michima's pen stone stele.
Kakuchozuka
The ancestor of Japanese sumo wrestling, Ye Nomisu, is a monument to you
As one of the four treasures of the study room, the brush is an indispensable writing instrument for ancient literati and inkers. Nowadays, except for the field of brush calligraphy and ink painting, the average person rarely uses a brush.
As a tool, the brush also has a lifespan, and the hair is bald, so naturally it is necessary to replace the new pen. The "old pen" that has not been left in the hand, the owner must have a special feeling for it, how to deal with it? Today, we can throw it in the trash. However, the ancients found a very "cultured" way to deal with it - bury it and erect a monument to commemorate it.
Along with Kukai and Ono Michikaze, Sugawara Michijin is known as Japan's "Three Sages of Calligraphy" (from the late Heian treatise "The Teachings of the Night Crane Court"), and its status is equivalent to that of the Chinese book sage Wang Xizhi. The pen used by Shu sheng naturally has to be treated specially.
Sugahara Michiru is really a pen
Michimasa's pen tsuka was supposed to have been built by a neighbor, and every year someone holds a "pen festival" for it, which is said to have been held more than 50 times.
Japanese painting of The Pen of the Sacred Snow Boat (Image from the Internet)
In fact, there are many kinds of pens in Japan. In Toei-ji Temple in Yamaguchi Prefecture, there is a Japanese pen that paints the Holy Snow Boat; in the Kamedo Tenjin Shrine in Tokyo, there is a pen Tsuka of the Kamedo Tenjin Shrine, and there is also a pen tablet near Kusatsu Onsen in Gunma Prefecture... In the future, if you have the opportunity, you can have a "pen tour". (End)