Letter by Kubo Gondayu
- Person
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作者久保権太夫
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- クボゴンダユウヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000645-0000
- 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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Kubo Gondayu (1571-1640) was a tea connoisseur of the early Edo Period born into the family of priests serving at the Kasuga Shrine in Nara. His real name was Kubo Toshinari, but he was often called by his official title of “Gondayu,” a person in charge of shrine affairs. After attending the Grand Tea Party of Kitano, held in October 1587, he was instantly attracted to chanoyu (also called sado, “way of tea,” tea ceremony, ceremonial tea, etc.) and decided to learn the art under Nanjubo Sowa, a disciple of the great tea master Sen no Rikyu. Gondayu cultivated friendships with great tea masters of the time, such as Kobori Enshu, Shokado Shojo, and Sakawada Masatoshi, just to name a few. His bookof tea, Choando-ki (Annuals of Choando),sheds light on formal tea ceremony as practiced in his time. It is also a valuable record of tea parties and utensils. In this letter, Gondayu, writing from Nara during a snowfall, addresses Kobori Enshu, who was then living in Kyoto. He notes how refined it would be to enjoy a cup of tea while looking out on snow-capped Mount Mikasa. He adds that Kogetsu Sogan (1574-1643), the bishop of Daitokuji Temple, arrived the previous day and urges Enshu to join them. Characterized by an eccentric hand, the letter was perhaps written when Gondayu was in his 60s and, as such, is a very rare extant work.
返／＼今朝ハ三笠山雪能候間路次悪敷候得共御茶進申度候江月老も昨日より参被居候今日申入度候不具十二月三日久保権太夫（花押）遠州殿
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