Letter by Kinoshita Choshoshi
- Person
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作者木下長嘯子（勝俊）
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- キノシタチョウショウシヒツショウソク
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-002205-0000
- 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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Kinoshita Choshoshi (1569-1649) was the eldest son of Kinoshita Iesada (1543-1608), who was the older brother of Lady One, Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s legal wife. Since very young, Chochoshi served Hideyoshi and took part in this military lord’s campaigns against Odawara Castle and invasion into the Korean Peninsula. In 1594, he was appointed Lord of Obama Castle in Wakasa Province (today’s Fukui Prefecture). However, during the Battle of Sekigahara, he abandoned the defense of Fushimi Castle, which he was entrusted with, when attacked by the Western Forces led by Lord Ishida Mitsunari.Because of cowardice, Choshoshi’s estate was confiscated, and he turned to Buddhism and retirement at a sanctuary in Higashiyama, east of Kyoto. It was after this retirement that he adopted the name “Choshoshi” and devoted the rest of his life to artistic and literary pursuits. He was skilled in composing waka (Japanese poetry of 31 syllables) and associated indiscriminately with nobility, samurai warriors and townspeople. In fact, he ascended the literary worldto the very top, sharing popularity and authority with Matsunaga Teikoku (1571-1653), and left behind collections of poems, such as Kyohaku-Shu.In this letter, Choshoshi asks how Lady Inutsuru is doing, following her departure from the capital city of Kyoto, and then writes that he looks forward to her next visit. Inutsuru could have been one of the ladies-in-waiting serving Lady One, Choshoshi’s aunt and the legal wife of Generalissimo Hideyoshi. Chochoshi adds that he is sending some fish in a container made of split bamboo. Just reading this letter, one can imagine the warm friendship that must have existed between the sender and the recipient. Though not a very beautiful hand, this letter is written with careful strokes, reflecting Choshoshi’s warm feelings for the recipient.
御こり候ハて又必々御上りまち 入候下向候つる後 いよ／＼此ひけこニつゝかなくさかな 御入候哉いかゝ 候へく候 きかま こゝろさしの ほしく御ゆかしさ かす／＼色まてに候 まさり候 かしくやま人の あめに おとたに さひしきなくて 此ほとは 名残 をそしる 犬つる殿 東山（花押） まいる
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