Background
Shojo Shokado was born in 1584 in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
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Oak with Crow
Bamboo and Sparrows
(Honolulu Museum of Art.)
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Shojo Shokado
Edit Profile昭乗 松花堂
also known as
Shikibu, Shojo-o
Education
He studied calligraphy under Priest Prince Soncho and Sakihisa Konoe.
Career
He served the Konoe family under Konoe Nobutada. At that time he also became acquainted with the Zen-monks of Daitoku-ji.
In 1627 he became the head of the small Takimoto-bō temple nearby, ten years later, he retired to a hut on the temple's estate which he called "Pine Flower Hall" (松花堂 Shōkadō). This became the name under which he is currently best known.
Works
Calligraphy
painting
Personality
Shōjō is the Buddhist name the youth was given when he entered the Hachiman shrine on Otoko-yama (Yawata) near Kyoto.
