The Poetry Treatise Deep in the Ear
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作者烏丸光広
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制作年 Keicho 3−7 (1598−1602)
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- ジテイキ
- Measurements
- 23.3×20.3
- Materials, techniques and shape
- Ink on paper
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- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-002558-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
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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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- Brown Handwriting Rectangle Wood Font
This is an original manuscript by the court noble KARASUMARU Mitsuhiro (1579–1638), who recorded the teachings in poetry of his instructor HOSOKAWA Yūsai (1534–1610), a high-ranking general and poet who introduced medieval poetry to a wide audience in the Edo period (1603–1868), over 70 times from the eighth month of the third year of Keichō (1598) until the twelfth month of the seventh year of the same era (1602) at Tanabe Castle. The title of the manuscript, Deep in the Ear, appears at the center of the simple brown cover of the manuscript, and on the back there is “ichi ni ki” in the same handwriting. Mitsuhiro’s seal appears on the reverse side of the cover page, and the title inside the book reads: “Yusai’s lectures recorded by Mitsuhiro.” Only the cover is inscribed with hiragana script, while the back and subsequent pages are written in katakana, which could be written more quickly than hiragana. The ink color has changed and there is noticeable loss of ink and a lot of blank paper at the end, all clear indications of an original. Although Deep in the Ear is a collection of miscellaneous waka poetics arranged in an unsystematic way, it is a valuable source about Yūsai's ideas and the orthodox thought on poetry of the Sanjō-Nishike family, with whom he studied. The calligraphy of the box of this manuscript, which reads “Deep in the Ear, in the handwriting of Lord Mitsuhiro,” is thought have been inscribed by ASUKAI Masaaki (1611–79), and is consistent with the colophon by KARASUMARU Mitsumoto in the Asukai family’s own handwritten manuscript from the fifth year of the An’ei era (1776) in the Tenri Library Collection. ／
Deep in the Ear was highly valued due to the eminent reputations of HOSOKAWA Yūsai (1534–1610) and his disciple KARASUMARU Mitsuhiro (1579–1638), and many manuscripts of the text are still extant. There are also printed editions from the first year of the Kanbun era (1661), the second year of the Genroku era (1689), the fifteenth year of the same era (1702), and several unpublished printed editions. This edition is noteworthy as a rare example of a printed book on poetry related to court nobles from the early Edo period (1603–1868). It is one of many printed editions of the book that has been handed down from generation to generation, and was published with the text “Hayashi Izumi no jō edition” at the end. The preface states that common words were left unchanged, katakana was changed to hiragana for the sake of children, and quotations from poems were transcribed as complete poems instead. Also, the signature and seal found on the back of the first page of the book can be traced back to the original. At the time of publication, this edition was divided into three volumes, and the titles “volume one, two and three of Deep in the Ear,” can be found at the beginning of the books. The biggest difference between this printed edition and the original manuscript is the addition of a list of prohibited words in composing poetry, which is said to have been transcribed from an appendix by Mitsuhiro. The printed editions are displayed here as one set, so they can be compared with Mitsuhiro’s manuscript.
Description from the exhibition Catalogue "Letter-scape: Century Akao Collection, A World of Letters and Figures", Keio Museum Commons, April 2021
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