Renga Kaishi by Konoe Nobutada
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作者近衛信尹
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制作年 AD16
- Title
- コノエノブタダヒツレンガカイシ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000651-0000
- 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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Konoe Nobutada (1565-1614) made a clear copy of the renga (linked poems) selected by nine guests at a poetry party held with the assigned theme of “dreamy thoughts.”. At the poetry party, the nine participants compared their skills in waka composition. The first contestant writes the first two lines of a poem (made up of 5, 7 and 5 letters), which is followed by the second poet who finishes up the last two lines (7 and 7 letters). The assigned topic and date are written at the far right corner of the first kaishi, on which the nine poets took turns to write either the top three or bottom two lines of each poem. Nobutada must have been asked to make a clean copy of the best renga (actually nine waka poems linked together, thus the name “renga,” meaning connected or linked poems). Each writer’s name is visible at the end of the line he contributed. The character “Sugi,” meaning cedar, seen at the start of the third poem was Nobutada’s pseudonym. Other than this noted calligrapher’s name, one can see the names of NishinoToin-Tokiyoshi (1552-1640), Shigenoi Fuyutaka (1586-1655), ShobaiIn Zensho (years of birth and death unknown), a priest of the Kitano Shrine, NishinoToin-Tokinao (1584-1636) and renga master Satomura Shotaku (1574-1636). One can assume that the very first line was composed by Emperor GoYozei (1571-1617), the highest ranking of all the participating poets on this occasion. We don’t know who Zeuikyu, who wrote the second line, and Sozen, who contributed the ninth line, were. Although we can’t determine what year the exhibited linked poems were made, one can truly appreciate the free flow with outstanding organization of each line created by Nobutada, who must have attended the poetry party as the appointed calligrapher.
夢想来二十三日みどりあらそふ友鶴のこゑ（後陽成天皇）霜をふる年もいく木の庭の松瑞久冬より梅の日かげそふ宿杉朝附日軒のつま／＼うつろひて時慶月かすかなるおくの谷かげ冬隆うき霧をはらひははてぬ山颪禅昌あたりの原はふかき夕露時直村草の中にうづらの入臥て昌琢田づらのつゞき人かよふらし宗全
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