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lineage of disciples who dominated Rinzai arrangement, is a dedicatory poem that 57 Fugen, Shukuryù, Keishô
Zen and its cultural tradition for many accompanies the first: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408)
generations, Muso enjoyed the confidence A hundred flowers are originally flowers of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
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of the political leaders of his time. His con- one branch Fugen, 33.4 x 80.2 (13 /s x 315/3);
verts included such luminaries as the em- In the end I see that all fragrant flowers are Shukuryù, 33.5 x 80.2 (13 Vs x 315/8);
peror Go-Daigo (1288-1339), the regents connected to my house Keishô, 33.5 x 80.3 (i^Vs x 315/3)
Hojo Sadatoki (1271-1311) and Takatoki Suddenly opening the door, the peaceful air Muromachi period, late 14th century
(1303-1333), and the shogun Ashikaga Ta- spreads Engakuji, Kanagawa Prefecture
kauji (1305-1358) and his brother, Tadayoshi Spring scene from here reaches all over the Important Cultural Property
(1306-1352). With Musó's encouragement, river and sand.
Ashikaga Takauji, who had first been Go- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the third shogun of
Daigo's ally and then his bitter enemy, The name Shun'oku means "spring the Muromachi shogunate, was the grand-
built Tenryüji in Kyoto for the welfare of house," and the poem, written at Nishi- son of Takauji (1305-1358) and the son of
the deceased emperor's soul, and he made yama, is dated to the spring of 1346. In the Yoshiakira (1330-1367), the first and second
Muso its founding abbot. A master of gar- third month of that year, Muso retired shogun, respectively. Succeeding his fa-
den design, Muso created the gardens of from the abbacy of Tenryüji to live in its ther as shogun in 1366, Yoshimitsu built a
several Kyoto temples, including Saihoji subtemple Ungoan. Muso was seventy-one residence called Hana no Gosho (Palace of
and Tenryüji. then and Shun'oku thirty-five. Musó's sig- Flowers) in 1378 in the area of Kyoto called
The calligraphy with the two semi- nature, Bokutotsusd (simple and artless old Muromachi, thus giving rise to the name
cursive (gydsho) characters shun and oku is man), and his seal appear between the two Muromachi shogunate. In 1392, after fifty-
the sobriquet given to Muso's disciple large characters; two seals and his signa- six years of bitter division within the impe-
Shun'oku Myôha (1311-1388); the callig- ture are at the left of the poem. NYA rial family, Yoshimitsu succeeded in
raphy with smaller characters, also in unifying the Southern and Northern
semicursive script and in columnar courts. He became Dajd Daijin (prime

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