Letter by Hon-ami Koho
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作者本阿弥光甫
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- ホンアミコウホヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000275-0000
- 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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- Art
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- Handwriting Rectangle Font Paper Art
As the grandson of Hon-ami Koetsu(1558-1637), Koho (1601-82) had a very active career, and the reigning emperor ranked him “Hogen” (lit. “Eye of the Law”), an honorary designation patterned after the clerical hierarchy and given only to extremely successful artists. Assuming the family profession of making and appraising swords, Koho won the trust of the Maeda clan, the governors of Kaga Province, to such an extent that he was granted an annual salary of 300 goku (bales of rice). Inheriting his grandfather’s artistic and literary talents, Koho excelled in various disciplines, including chanoyu, brushwork in calligraphy and painting, and pottery making. In this letter, Koho describes an old sword that had been cast in Seki (today’s Seki City in Gifu Prefecture) and authenticates it as the work of the acclaimed swordsmith Hironaga, who lived during the Bunmei Era (1469-87). Koho goes on to say that the sword is worth 15 ryo (a currency unit). Not much is known about the addressee, a Saito Matajiro.
以上芳翰拝見仕候仍弘長之刀致一覧候古キ関ト相見え申候代金壱枚五両ほと可仕候一段能指料ニて御座候猶以面上可申上候恐惶謹言九月十一日光甫（花押）本阿弥法眼斎又二郎様光甫貴報
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