Letter by Tokugawa Hidetada
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作者徳川秀忠
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- トクガワヒデタダヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001807-0000
- 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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Tokugawa Hidetada (1578-1632) was Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616)’s third son, who later became the second shogun, the head military leader, of the Tokugawa Shogunate, a military government, when his father abdicated in 1605. At that time, the 28-year-old Hidetada was appointed Minister of the Interior, as well as shogun. In 1614, he was promoted to Minister of the Right and, then in 1625, to Prime Minister. Hidetada’s posthumous honorary name is Taitoku-In.In addition to his spectacular political career, Hidetada was devoted to learning and was noted for his intellectual pursuits. He studied the art of tea under Furuta Oribe (1543-1615), and according to the Genealogy of Calligraphy, Hidetada’s name appears under the Sogen School.While Hidetada inquires in this letter about the stomachache the recipient had been suffering, Hidetada was not feeling well himself. He had procured some cumquats (Chinese oranges), but after 10 days of taking this herbal medication, his condition did not improve. A citrus fruit with medicinal quality, cumquats were often made into cough lozenges and were also used to fight colds. It is probable Hidetada had a cold at the time of this letter, which perhaps is addressed to a physician, most likely Manase Gensaku (1549-1631), Hidetada’s official physician. According to records, Hidetada was ill in February 1631. He received medication on February 22nd, and on March 4th, about 10 days later, Gensaku reported to the castle and gave Hidetada further medication. However, the doctor died at the end of that year, perhaps from the illness causing him the stomachache mentioned in the letter. This letter is dated March 1631, when Hidetada was 53, and he himself died the following year.
尚々早々光義待入候さりなから唯今西之丸へ参候間今日者長風呂ニ罷帰候者御出尤候。御入被成候間自然御虫気ニも御座候哉無御心元存所候よし御きほひなと被成候て早々御奉待候。キンカことも十日ニあまり申候へとも其しるしも無御座候仍拝受可忝存候かしく民様
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