600年前からバーチャル｜Virtual from 600 Years Ago｜2020/08/25

今から約600年前の室町時代に、書斎図という掛け軸が流行った。禅宗のお坊さんが自分の書斎を描いたもので、自然豊かな場所に書斎が描かれたものが多いそうだ。いい環境で学問に励んだんだと思ったら、これらは実在のものではないらしい。禅宗のお坊さんは都会の中で忙しく働く毎日で、自然の中で学問に集中することなどできず、これらの絵はあくまでバーチャルな憧れの姿を描いているらしい。ああ、かわいそうなお坊さん、いまとあまり変わらぬ事情にこの時代のお坊さんが急に身近に感じた。
In the Muromachi period, about 600 years ago, the hanging scroll called the study map became popular. It is said that the Buddhist monks of Zen drew his own study, and many of them have been drawn in a place rich in nature. I thought that they worked hard in a good environment, I heard these were not real things. The Zen Buddhist monks were busy working in the city every day and could not concentrate on their studies in nature, so these pictures seem to be a virtual admiration. Ah, the poor monks suddenly ! I felt familiar to them because of my circumstances that are not so different from those.