2023/06/25 02:48
筆に弾力があり、はねや返かえし、細い線や太い線が出だしやすいという特徴があります。
日本に筆が伝来したのは、大和時代の初期で、中国文化との交流によって輸入されていたといわれています。その後嵯峨天皇の時代（812年頃）に、僧空海（弘法大師）が唐に渡り筆の製法を習得し、帰国後にこれを民間に伝承したのが、日本における筆造りの始まりと伝えられています。
奈良時代の文化を象徴するだけでなく、8世紀の世界文化を代表する文化財の宝庫として有名な正倉院（天平時代）に残る国内最古の筆18種は巻筆で、現在最も古い形を残す筆です。真書や小階字書の筆（写経用）で、その後平安時代、日本の仮名や調和体に適する独特の改良が加えられ、日本の製筆技術は進歩を遂げていった思われます。その時代の筆は、有芯筆、巻芯筆とも呼ばれ、紙で芯にする毛の根元を包み、上に別の毛を被せる製法で江戸時代末期まで珍重されました。
紙巻き筆は中国にもありましたが、900年頃に途絶えています。この巻筆の伝統を世界で唯一今に繋いでいるのが「攀桂堂」です。
攀桂堂が今も作り続けている巻筆は、数種類ありますが、rimpamuraのオンラインショップではその中から代表的な筆、雀頭型の雀頭筆と天平筆（大のみ桐箱入り）、籐巻型の兼毫筆龍籐巻筆（桐箱入り）を取り揃えました。
他の巻筆もご用意可能です。ご希望の方はshop@rimpamura.comまでお問合せください。
The "MAKIFUDE" is a traditional Japanese brush made by wrapping the core hair with washi paper and further wrapping it with fine-quality bristles. The brush has resilience, making it easy to create bouncing strokes and precise thin lines as well as bold strokes.
The brush is said to have been introduced to Japan during the early Yamato period through cultural exchanges with China. In the era of Emperor Saga (around 812 AD), the Buddhist monk Kukai (also known as Kobo Daishi) traveled to Tang China and learned the art of brush-making. After returning to Japan, he passed on this knowledge to the general public, marking the beginning of brush-making in Japan.
The Shosoin Repository, famous for its cultural treasures representing the Nara period and world culture of the 8th century, preserves 18 types of brushes and they are the brushes that preserve the oldest existing forms. These brushes were used for accurate and beautiful writing, such as for copying sutras and writing small characters.
During the Heian period, specific enhancements and modifications were made to the brush-making techniques in Japan to accommodate the writing styles of Japanese kana (phonetic script) and achieve harmonious and aesthetically pleasing results. These advancements contributed to the evolution and development of brush-making techniques in Japan during that time.
The brushes from that era were called "yūshin fude," where the base of the brush's hair was wrapped with paper and another layer of hair was added on top. This technique was highly valued until the late Edo period.
While makifude style brushes were also made in China, the tradition ceased around the 9th century. Hankeido is the sole place where the craft and techniques of Makifude have been preserved and carried on, making it a unique and significant institution in the world of brush-making.
rimpamura's online shop features some of makifude brushes form Hankeido, including the Sparrow-Head Brush and Tenpyō Brush (the one of L size come in paulownia wood boxes), as well as other type of MAKIFUDE mixed tieh dirrerent kinds of hairs, neither soft and hard (also in a paulownia wood box).
JAKUTOFUDE(Sparrow-Head Brush) L https://shop.rimpamura.com/items/75885553
JAKUTOFUDE(Sparrow-Head Brush) M https://shop.rimpamura.com/items/75898258
JAKUTOFUDE(Sparrow-Head Brush) S https://shop.rimpamura.com/items/75898305
Other makifude with different hair are also available upon request. For further inquiries, please contact shop@rimpamura.com.
