Waka Kaishi by Karasumaru Mitsuhiro
- Person
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作者烏丸光広
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- カラスマルミツヒロヒツワカカイシ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (1579-1638) was an Edo-Period aristocrat and noted poet, who was the son of the Minister Equivalent Mitsunobu (1549-1611). Although he advanced smoothly in the official hierarchy, his entanglement in a palace group sex scandal involving several ladies-in-waiting (1609) angered Emperor Goyozei (1571-1617) so much so that he was banished into exile. Later, General Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616) worked to have Mitsuhiro pardoned. After being released from banishment, he reassumed a public office, eventually becoming the Provisional Major Counselor of the Senior Second Rank. Versatile artist and free-spirited character, Mitsuhiro showed skills in waka, renga (linked waka poems), brush-ink calligraphy and painting, as well as the formalized art of the tea ceremony (chanoyu). He practiced Zen under Priest Isshi-Bunshu (1608-1646). Training in waka composition under Hosokawa Yusai (1534-1610), he left a private collection of his works, Koyo Wakashu（lit. Golden Leaf Poems). Hailed as one of the most outstanding calligraphers of the era, Mitsuhiro was often referred to as one of the “Kannei-no-Sampitsu,” or the Three Brushes of the Kannei Era. He was originally trained in the traditional Jimyo-In School calligraphy, as was the custom among aristocrats. But he taught himself the Koetsu style and later the Teika style, finally establishing an unstructured and almost freestyle calligraphy that can aptly be called the Mitsuhiro Style.The exhibited kaishi shows Mitsuhiro’s poem written at the first poetry party of the new year held at the palace on January 19, 1597. The title, “Early Spring as We Await Blossoms,” shows it was written for the occasion of a new year imperial poetry party held in audience of Emperor Goyozei（aged 27 at this time）. Mitsuhiro was only 19 when he wrote the exhibited kaishi, which shows his youthful hand. Loyal to the Jimyo-In School, he wrote each character clearly, unlinked to other letters. This style differs greatly from the style he developed in later years.
Early spring: waiting for cherry blossoms.Days get longer after spring arrives on the calendar. Time passes slowly as I wait for cherry blossoms.
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