Letter by Kanze Kokusetsu
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作者観世黒雪
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- カンゼコクセツヒツショジョウ
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- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000180-0000
- 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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- Brown Wood Rectangle Handwriting Font
A Noh musician of the early Edo Period, Kanze Kokusetsu (1566-1626) was the 9th head of the Kanze School, counting from its originator, Kan-ami. Kokusetsu was a pseudonym; his real name was Tadachika, and his common name, Sakon-Dayu. He was a representative Noh performer of his time, his fame traveling far and wide, and was instrumental in unifying the singing and chanting of Noh music, which had been widely varied since the Muromachi Period. Through an association with Hon-ami Koetsu (1558-1637), Kokusetsu also established his fame as a master calligrapher of the Koetsu School.This letter is addressed to Fukuo-Jinyemon-Moriyoshi (1560-1625). The Fukuo family was the originator of the Fukuo School for wakikata (‘waki’, or supporting singers) affiliated with the Kanze Troupe. It was during the time of Jinyemon’s father’s service to Lord Oda Nobunaga that the family had been granted the wakikata roles in Noh performances.In this letter, Kokusetsu notes that he has received an invitation from the Incumbent Lord of Shinshu and asks Jinyemon to accompany him. The title of Incumbent Lord was given to an appointed incoming lord while his predecessor was still in service, and Nagai Hisamasa (1587-1668) was holding this position in Shinshu at this letter’s writing. Hisamasa was appointed to his position in 1605 at age 19, so this letter was likely written between that year and 1625, when Fukuo Jinyemon died. Assuming that Hisamasa could not have been too young, the letter may have been written sometime between the late Keicho Era (1596-1615) and the early Genwa Era (1615-24), which means Kokusetsu was in his 50s at the time. As clearly seen here, he shows mastery of the Koetsu School of calligraphy, which proves that Kokusetsu lived up to his reputation as one of the most accomplished Koetsu calligraphers of the day and which serves as historical evidence that the Koetsu School was spreading during its originator’s lifetime.
尚々信濃殿へ御出候ハゝ今朝同心可申候未今朝今信州殿御内に給候て文之よし申候先々ちやくゑニて御入候よし申来候間慰ニこれ迄御出候へく候以上御出候ハゝ彼方ニてめし給候やうに同心可申候間御こしらへ候てこれ迄御こしあるへく候昨日ハ申承本望此事候恐惶謹言正月四日暮（花押）より福神右殿観左近御宿所
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