C23 沈粲：草書古詩

沈粲: 草書古詩

沈粲（1400年前後），華亭人。字民望，號簡菴。能詩，與兄沈度均善書。其書學宋克，得章草之法，一時稱之草聖。是幅書自詠詩，筆致圓勁，筆畫連綿盤紆，行氣一貫，為沈粲盛年期代表作。

沈粲：草書古詩

沈粲は兄の沈度とともに詩書に長じ、ことに書法に優れて二沈と称され名声をひとしくしましたが、沈粲の書は遒逸で勝ると評されます。本作、草書をもっとも得意とした沈粲の、自詠の五言古詩を書した壮年期の代表作。章草を加味した特異な筆致に元代の影響がうかがえます。

Shen Ts'an : Ancient Poem in Cursive Script

Shen Ts'an (active around 1400) was a native of Hua-t'ing, near Shanghai. His style name was Min-wang and his sobriquet was Chien-an. He was gifted in poetry, and was renowned for his calligraphy together with his brother Shen Tu. He studied the calligraphy style of Sung K'e, mastered the cheng-ts'ao style of cursive script and was for a time called the Genius of the Cursive Script. This work is an inscription of his own poetry. The influence of Yuan dynasty calligraphy can be surmised from his unique brushstrokes in which the chang-ts'ao style is added. It is a representative example from the prime of his life.