Tanzaku by Hosokawa Yusai
- Person
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作者細川幽斎
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制作年 AD16
- Title
- ホソカワユウサイヒツタンザク
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001897-0000
- 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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Hosokawa Yusai (1534-1610) was a military general of the Momoyama Period. He was born the second son of Lord Mitsubuchi Harukazu of Yamato Province. (Though, one theory puts him as the son of the 12th Shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiharu.) Yusai’s real name was Yoichiro, which was later changed to Fujitaka, and after becoming a monk, he adopted the religious names Yusai and Genshi. As the lord of Tanabe Castle in Tango Province (in northern Kyoto), his alliance was sought by the powerful military rulers of the era, including the Ashikagas, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the like. Thoroughly familiar with ancient manners and decorum, Chinese and Japanese classical studies, and trained directly by Sanjonishi Saneki through oral instruction on the Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems), the powerful Yusai played a central role in literary circles of his time, having many noted disciples of his own, including Karasumaru Mitsuhiro. He also practiced tea ceremony under the private guidance of Takeno Jo-oh and was said to have been attracted to this refined art. Among the many books he authored are his private poetry collection, the Shumyo-Shu, and the treatise Hyakunin-Isshu Sho (lit. “Comments on One Hundred Poems”). The poem“Prayers to the Gods” are signed “Genshi” and, as such, was written after 1582 when Yusai became a monk at age 49. This poems is included in the Shumyo-Shu. It also has a literary pretext (kotoba-gaki) which says, “On the occasion of the Lord Regent’s visit.” The Lord Regent presumably refers to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, signifying that this poem perhaps was written after 1585, when he was given an admistrative post on July 11th. Yusai’s brushwork is classified under the Eiga School and is an orthodox representation of its features.
Prayers to the Gods: A spotless mirror your heart must be if you are to come before the gods.
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