2013年9月9日（月）、京都烏丸御池の「Samurai Cafe & Bar SHISHIN（士心）」にて字天ナイトを開催いたしました。

当日のライブの、活動報告です。

今回の字天ナイトもまた書家の八木翠月先生にご臨席いただき、小田の「新ことば」を即興で書にしたためていただきました。
今回「新ことば」をお送りしたのはAustralianのShaneさんです。よって、英語で掲載いたします。

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On September 9 we gave Mr. Shane our kanji calligraphy. It is “智・真・愛”.

“聖院” is read as “Sei-in” in Japanese. We tried to transcribe his first name “Shane” as that, and put it by the side of “智・真・愛” like kanji signature of him.
The kanji “聖 (Sei)” means “sacred / holy”.
The original meaning of kanji “院 (in)” is “a public building”, that can indicate offices, universities, hospitals, and temples. In the past the most important public buildings were Buddhist temples, so “寺院 (ji-in)” means also “temple”.

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《The Meaning》

The kanji “智 (chi)” means “wisdom”.
The kanji “真 (shin)” means “truth”.
And the kanji “愛 (ai, pronouncing like ‘eye’)” means “love”.

These kanji are frequently selected as Japanese given names because of their good meanings.
I and calligrapher Yagi Suigetsu translated his motto into its equivalents of kanji.

-Phrases on “智”-

智者は水を楽しみ、仁者は山を楽しむ。 (Chisha wa mizu o tanoshimi, jinsha wa yama o tanoshimu.)

“A person of wisdom likes waterside, while a person of benevolence likes mountains.”
(Word of Confucius)

仁義礼智孝悌忠信。(Jin-gi-rei-chi-ko-tei-chu-shin.)

“Benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom, filial piety, brotherhood, faithfulness and trust.”
(Eight virtues of Confucianism.)

-Phrases on “真”-

真・善・美。 (Shin-zen-bi.)

“Truth, goodness, and beauty.”

真如。 (Shin-nyo)

“Truth in the universe.”
(A keyword of Buddhism)

-Phrases on “愛”-

島歌よ風に乗り、届けておくれ私の愛を。

“Blow away, Shima-uta, and send my love with you.”
(From the popular song “Shima-uta” by The Boom. “Shima-uta” means a song-style of Okinawa and Amami.)

人生ってやつは思い通りにならないものさ、愛しければ愛しいほど背中合わせになる。

“Life is what a man can’t handle as he likes. The more he loves the other, the more difficult it gets that the two can be faced vis-à-vis.”
(From the popular song “Fuyu no Riviera” by Mori Shin-ichi, a famous singer.)

「新ことば」Live字天ナイト at Samurai Cafe & Bar SHISHINは、来月も開催する予定です。
またとない体験を、皆さんもどうかお試しください。初見の方、大歓迎です！