A shosoku is a letter.
The name shosoku is derived from the Unpō Irohashu (Collection of Unpō Iroha), which states, ``Extinguishing is exhausting. Passing through. Breathing is life. This is the news.” “Kie” means death, and “breath” means life. became.
The use of the word ``letter'' in the sense of ``letter'' is new; before that, words such as ``fumi'' and ``news'' were used.
News usually refers to a letter written in Japanese style, and originally it seems to have been written in kana, but now it is called news including letters mixed with kana.
Letters written in Chinese are called sekitoku.
``Shaku'' is 1 shaku in length, and ``牘'' is a rectangular wooden tablet on which letters are written. Therefore, later letters came to be called shakuban.
Shisoku came to be used as a kakemono for tea ceremonies, following ink marks and old writings, but it is said that Sen no Rikyu was the first.
originally referred to the draft of an verse, but later the style of waka and haikai.
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