Letter by Sen no Rikyu
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作者千利休
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制作年 AD16
- Title
- センノリキュウヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000152-0000
- 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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Sen-no-Rikyu (1522-91) lived during the Muromachi and Momoyama periods and cast the most profound influence on the art of ceremonial tea-making, culminating it into sado, or the Way of Tea. He first studied under Kitamuki Dochin (1504-62) and later under Takeno Jo-ou (1502-55). His first name was Yoshiro, but it was later changed to Soeki. Rikyu is a pen name. Rikyu served Oda Nobunaga (1534-82), one of the most powerful warlords at the time, as tea master, but after his master’s death, went on to serve his de facto successor, General Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98). Winning deep trust and confidence from this powerful lord, Rikyu advanced in rank and even amassed political influence. Due to reasons not exactly known, he fell out of favor with Hideyoshi and was ordered to commit the ritual suicide of seppuku (belly slashing) in 1591. Rikyu was 71.The addressee is omitted in this letter, but from the context, one can learn that it was sent to a certain merchant in Sakai City. At the time of its writing, Rikyu was at the Yoshiya-Machi estate of Jurakudai Mansion (of Toyotomi Hideyoshi) in Kyoto and urged the addressee to come up to Kyoto. At that time, before the letter was sent, the addressee notified that he was also visiting Kyoto on an errand, and Rikyu is happy for the coincidence. The letter says, “I cannot fully convey my feelings so let us discuss things when we meet.” The man named Enjobo was Rikyu’s son-in-law and was a well-known tea master and priest also known by the name of Soen. The letter says that Rikyu is inviting a visitor from Sakai to morning tea and mentions that Enjobo is also invited. Though the year of the writing of the letter is not clear, it is dated August 9.
堺へ以書状可申と存候處御上洛被成本望存候然者明朝又昼成共被懸御意候へかし今度者御礼面上ニ申度候書状ニてハ中々難申尽存候子持（宗）恩申候を大形承候せめて面上を奉期候今朝円乗坊ニハ御言伝申候明朝於御同心者円乗一人可為御伽候未古茶ニて候へ共一服申度候恐惶かしく八月九日宗易（花押）
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