Location Kanazawa University Museum
NISHIDA Kitaro’s framed calligraphy “Ichizitsui nasazareba ichizitsu kurawazu (I don't eat on days when I don't do what I need to do)”
- Display status
- No permanent display
- Period
- Unknown
- Form/Type
- Arts and crafts
- Location
- Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Pref.
This calligraphy was written by NISHIDA Kitaro (1870-1945), a philosopher from Kahoku City, Ishikawa Prefecture, who taught at Fourth High School. With excellent calligraphy, it says the words by HYAKUJO Ekai, a Chinese Zen priest from the Tang Dynasty, “I don't eat on days when I don't do what I need to do”. NISHIDA cherished these words as his motto throughout his life. It bears the pseudonym “Sunshin” given by Zen Master SETSUMON of Utasuyama as well as the red seals of NISHIDA Kitaro and Sunshin Koji. It was seriously degraded by aging when transferred to Kanazawa University Museum in 2021; however, it was beautifully restored by Ishikawa Cultural Properties Conservation Studio in 2023.
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Established in 1989 to preserve and utilize valuable materials handed down from the predecessor school when the university campus was relocated from Kanazawa Castle Site. Former teaching materials such as beautifully shaped physics experiment apparatus and mushroom moulage specimens that allow you to observe mushrooms as they were 100 years ago are fun-to-see natural museum materials in the museum's collection. The museum also holds many archive such as timetables that show the hard work of medical students 100 years ago, as well as archaeological materials excavated within the campus.
Kakuma, Kanazawa, 920-1192 Google Maps
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