● Old Manuscript ● Tanzaku (Poem Strip) ● Murasaki no ● Daitokuji 435th Generation ● Daikō Sōgen ● Ōbai-in ● Tea Ceremony ● Waka (Japanese Poetry) ● Handwritten

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This is a handwritten tanzaku (poem strip) by the 435th head priest of Daitoku-ji Temple, Soigen Daiko.
I purchased it as a genuine work, but as I am not an expert, I cannot definitively determine its authenticity.
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[Soigen Daiko (だいこうそうげん)]
1772 - 1860

435th head priest of Daitoku-ji Temple.
14th head priest of Kobai-in, a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji.
Entered Kobai-in at the age of 6 and studied under Yutoku Sotsū.
He used the art names Kūge-shitsu and Sakumu, and later called himself Kōshun-an.
He was skilled in waka poetry and tea ceremony, and excelled in calligraphy and painting.
He was close with Gen'ensai Sōshitsu, the 11th generation of Urasenke; Gyūkōsai Sōsa, the 10th generation of Omotesenke; Ishinsai Sōshu, the 7th generation of Mushakōji-senke; and Sōetsu Matsumura. He has a diary titled Kūge-shitsu Nikki (Kūge-shitsu Diary) held by the Mushakōji-senke school, and a collection of waka poems published after his death, Daiko Iei (Daiko's Lingering Poems).
He is also known as the Zen meditation master of Eiraku Hozen.

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