Letter by Karasumaru Mitsuhiro
- Person
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作者烏丸光広
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- カラスマルミツヒロヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-002335-0000
- 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）
- URL
- Classification
- Art
- AI Tagging
- Handwriting Font Line Monochrome Ink
Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (1579-1638) was a court noble and a poet, who, from boyhood, was hailed as a talented calligrapher. Not only that, but at the young age of 11, he was appointed Junior Officer of the Right and later climbed to the post of Major Counselor. At first, he was trained in the Jimyo-In School of calligraphy, but was later influenced by the Koetsu Style, while also being attracted to Jodai-yo (the classical style). As an achieved calligrapher, he was likened to the renowned ‘Three Brushes of the Kanei Era’.In this letter, Mitsuhiro thanks Kohitsu Ryosa (1572-1662) for sending him the navel and penis of a fur seal, items that were considered potent aphrodisiacs. These and other sea-mammal-derived medicines, originally imported from China, were rare and expensive, but there mention speaks to Mitsuhiro’s unquenchable curiosity in all kinds of things.
膃肭臍沢山贈給候祝着無極候調和之様子示給候其通に申付候今伇義治定候これをろかしと おほしよせ候穴賢々々（花押）二丗日了佐老光広
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