Letter by Konoe Nobutada
- Person
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作者近衛信尹
- Date
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制作年 AD16
- Title
- コノエノブタダヒツショウソク
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000420-0000
- 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
- Style Font Handwriting Wood Rectangle
Early Edo aristocrat Konoe Nobuhiro (1599-1649) was the fourth son of Emperor Goyozei. At age 7, he was adopted by his uncle Nobutaka, who was heirless. Nobuhiro’s promotion in the government hierarchy was spectacular. He was only 25 when appointed Regent and Head of Clan. While he was trained in the aristocratic ways of tea by Furuta Oribe, Nobuhiro had a humorous character and a carefree lifestyle. For example, even after he assumed Regency, he frequented the noted Shimabara night entertainment quarters and courted the then famous high-class geisha Yoshino Dayu. In this way, Nobuhiro was quite a man of the world. Since childhood, he practiced calligraphy under his adoptive father, Nobutada, and later attained such thorough mastery that one can hardly tell apart the works done by these two men. The powerful and dynamic flow of brush strokes, however, is Nobuhiro’s own. He was more than a faithful successor, reaching the highest level of attainment.This letter is addressed to a lady-in-waiting attending Emperor Gomizunoo. Nobuhiro expresses thanks for the audience granted with the emperor the previous day. He then offers to return a set of imperial genealogy that he borrowed the previous year end. This letter was most likely written impromptu as a cover letter for the set of genealogy being delivered, so it lacks a date. We cannot learn when it was written, but Nobuhiro’s calligraphic style suggests that it was in his old age.
昨日はしこう いたしかたしけなくおもひまひらせ候しかれは去年申いたし候系図一冊返進いたし候又此次一冊申いたしたく候御つゐてに御申いたし候て給候ハゝかたしけなかるへく候此よし御披露頼入まいらせ候菅式部とのへ（花押）
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