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Waka Kaishi by Reizei Tamemitsu

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制作年 AD17
Title
レイゼイタメミツヒツワカカイシ
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Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
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AW-CEN-000405-0000
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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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Reizei Tamemitsu (1559-1619), the son of Tameyoshi(1516-1570), was a court noble and poet of the early Edo Period. In his youth, he fell out of the favor of Emperor Ohgimachi(1517-93), so he went down to Sakai(Osaka Prefecture), where he lived without honor and rank much of his life. It was in his old age that he was finally appointed Provisional Major Counselor. As the heir apparent of the Reizei Family, known for kado, or waka writing and teaching, Tamemitsu had been trained rigorously by his father, and later, successfully played the role of traditional poetry master. The waka written on this kaishi is titled “Pine Trees Promise of Everlasting Spring”. The date of its writing can be traced to the New Year’s Poetry Party of January 19, 1612. Tamemitsu, aged 54, wrote with a confident and powerful brush of the Teika School. Actually, among the many successors of the Teika School, Tamemitsu is considered one of the very best.

Poem composed on a spring day with the theme “Pine Trees’ Promise of Everlasting Spring”: Just as the ever-green needles of the pines, the reign of our newly enthroned Emperor GoMizuno-o shall last forever. (Note that this emperor was enthroned in March of the previous year, so the occasion was the first New Year’s Waka Party under his reign.)

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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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Waka Kaishi by Reizei Tamemitsu

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Title (EN)
Waka Kaishi by Reizei Tamemitsu

Physical description

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Quantity 1幅
Attachments
桐箱