Letter by Kobori Enshu
- Person
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作者小堀遠州
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- コボリエンシュウヒツショウソク
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001523-0000
- 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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- Classification
- Art
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- Handwriting Font Writing Rectangle Paper
Kobori Enshu (1579-1647) had several names; his real name was Masakazu, but he used the pseudonym Soho for artistic endeavors and also called himself “Koho-An.” He originated the Enshu-style tea ceremony and was admired as one of the three greatest tea masters of Japan, the other two being Sen-no-Rikyu (1522-91) and Furuta Oribe (1543-1615). In 1608, Kobori Masakazu was appointed Lord of Ohmi (today’s Shizuoka Prefecture) and was called Enshu thereafter. (“Enshu” is synonymous with Ohmi Province.) A man of multiple talents, highly successful landscape designer among them, Kobori Enshu patterned his calligraphic style after the orthodox Teika Style (originated by Fujiwara-no-Teika; 1162-1241).Enshu, writing to Kuwayama Sosen (1560-1632), a noted feudal lord and a tea aficionado, asks Sosen to deliver his letter in care of the ruler of Wakayama Province, Lord Tokugawa Yorinobu (1602-71). Enshu writes that he does not know the address of the intended recipient, Koshin Sosa (1613-72), the fourth heir of the Omote Senke family of tea instructors. Sosa was serving Yorinobu as the head of tea affairs at the castle. The letter shows a sample of Enshu’s calligraphy in his early 50s. Once he had completely mastered the orthodox Teika Style, he went on to establish the Enshu Style, whose prominent features are visible in this letter.
宗左宿所しれましく候紀州へとも申候貴様御書中を相添遣し可申候和州へ御越候よし頓而々々御隙被明御上可被成候恐惶謹言小遠江守十一月廿三日（花押）桑左近様 貴報
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