Letter by Zeniya Sotoku
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作者銭屋宗徳
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- ゼニヤソウトクヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001969-0000
- 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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- Art
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- Font Handwriting Monochrome Rectangle Pattern
A tea connoisseur of the early Edo Period, Zeniya Sotoku (?-1683) was the son of the tea merchant Zeniya Sototsu (？-1590) from Sakai City. Sotoku practiced chanoyu under Sen Sotan (1578-1658) and later used the pseudonyms “Jizai-An” and “Ippusai.” He cultivated a friendship with Bishop Seigan Soyi (1588-1661) of Daitokuji Temple and is said to have favored teakettles inscribed with Priest Seigan’s words.Several missing characters in this letter make the context hard to understand. The addressee is also unknown, but perhaps he was a close chanoyu friend. In any case, the letter was written in Sotoku’s old age since he refers to himself as “Old Man,” and as only a few of his brushworks have survived, it is particularly valuable.
夜前者伏見へ下り申候□□被上御情入申候畏存計に候尤以参可申述候へ共老夫之事候間無其儀候今明日中ニも済不申候者ゝ大坂や□寿江申候茶可申候伏見へも此旨可被仰付候当日無相違之様可申付候茶弥御馳走所仰候恐々謹言九月五日宗徳（花押）
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