is a name given to a group of three famous Chinese calligraphers who lived in Japan:
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Ingen Ryūki, 隱元隆琦 1592–1673
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Mokuan Shōtō
Mu'an (; Japanese language, Japanese Mokuan Shōtō) (1611–1684) was a Chinese Zen, Chan monk who followed his master Yinyuan Longqi to Japan in 1654.
History
Together they founded the Obaku (school of Buddhism), Ōbaku Zen school and Mampu ...
,木庵性瑫 1611–1684
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Sokuhi Nyoitsu
was a Buddhist monk of the Ōbaku Zen sect, and was also an accomplished poet and calligrapher. His teacher Ingen Ryūki, Mokuan Shōtō and Sokuhi were together known as the "Three Brushes of Ōbaku" or Ōbaku no Sanpitsu.
China
Sokuhi was ...
, 即非如一 1616–1671
They are all connected with the
Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism. Analogous groups of famous calligraphers include the
Sanseki The term ''Sanseki'' (三跡) or "three rushtraces" is used in Japanese to refer to a group of three famous Heian period calligraphers:
* Ono no Michikaze, known as ''Yaseki'' from the character 野 in his name.
*Fujiwara no Yukinari
, also kno ...
and
Sanpitsu {{no footnotes, date=October 2019
The term ''Sanpitsu'' (三筆) or "three brushes" is used in Japanese to refer to a group of three famous Heian period calligraphers:
*Emperor Saga 嵯峨天皇, 786–842.
*Kūkai 空海, 774–835.
*Tachibana no ...
.
Obaku Zen
17th-century Japanese calligraphers
Trios
Artists from Fujian
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