Tanzaku by Sano Joeki
- Person
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作者佐野紹益
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- サノジョウエキヒツタンザク
- Materials, techniques and shape
- 紙本墨書
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000860-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
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慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
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Sano Joeki (1610-91) was a brilliant literary talent of the early Edo Period. He was the son of Hon-ami Koeki, the cousin of Hon-ami Koetsu (1558-1637). When he was later adopted by Sano Joyu, a dye merchant, Joeki later took up the literary pseudonym of “Haiya” (lit. “indigo dyer’s charcoal”). His true given name was Shigetaka, but he went by the common name of SaburoBe. Joeki grew up familiarizing himself with Koetsu’s works. He studied waka writing under Karasumaru Mitsuhiro, Matsunaga Teitoku, and Asukai Masaaki, and was also good at the art of ceremonial tea and kemari football. Joeki was welcomed into the artistic salons of Emperor GoMizuno-o, Hachijono-Miya Prince Toshitada, and other nobility. His book the “Nigiwai-Gusa” describes, in great detail, the artists’ group in Takaga-Mine village, which would later develop into a major artistic community under Koetsu’s initiative. As such, the book is useful in Koetsu-related research. Joeki is also known for another well-known anecdote: He was so infatuated by the high-class courtesan Yoshino Dayu of the Shimabara red-light district in Kyoto that he vied with Regent Konoe Nobuhiro (1599-1649) for patronage over her. (Note: Most courtesans/prostitutes were sold into brothels as a deposit for loans made to their parents, so a large amount of money had to be paid to redeem them. Joeki later married Yoshino. ) Joeki was a highly achieved Koetsu-style calligrapher, but on the exhibited tanzaku, the writer’s own unique style is also discernable. This Tanzaku was written impromptu upon a request for a poem about plum blossoms not using the typical words of “plum blossoms,” “fragrance,” or “aroma.” One can see that witty Joeki succeeded in doing just that.
Being told by somebody to compose a waka without using the words “plum blossoms,” “fragrance” or “aroma” (Poem title omitted): On a spring night, the tree tops, covered with blossoms, are as beautiful as the stars in the sky until obscured by the fog.
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Materials 紙本墨書
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