Letter by Sanjonishi Kinyeda
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作者三条西公条
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制作年 AD16
- Title
- サンジョウニシキンエダヒツショジョウ
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- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001622-0000
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- 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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Sanjonishi Kinyeda (1487-1563) was a Muromachi court noble and was Sanjonishi Sanetaka (1455-1537)’s son. Though Kinyeda was not the first-born son, he inherited the family name as his elder brother, Kojun, shaved his head (and thus became a monk). In 1505, Kinyeda became Consultant, and then was promoted rapidly. Four years later, he became Provisional Middle Counselor, and then was promoted to Provisional Major Counselor in 1521. His promotion was even more spectacular after he climbed to the position of Minister of the Center in 1541 and Minister of the Right the very next year. But only three years later, he retired into priesthood at Nison-In Temple in Saga and was renamed Jokaku. He was 58 years old at this time.Thereafter, Kinyeda traveled widely and dedicated his time to the pursuit of art and literature until his death in December 1563. Thoroughly trained by his father, Sanetaka, Kinyeda excelled in the both Japanese and Chinese studies of the classics and was among the most famous men of literature. Kinyeda addresses this extant letter to the Provisional Major Counselor Madenokoji Hidefusa (1492-1563), describing the winter solace ceremony, especially when that day befell on the first day of November, which was considered auspicious. The celebration of the first day of the winter solace lasted from the Nara Period all the way to the Edo Period. In 1536, the year of this letter’s writing, the winter solace fell on November 1. Prince Sada-atsu (1488-1527) had appointed Kinyeda the honorary role of giving a congratulatory salutation to the Emperor. On the same day, the prince had declared his 12-year-old son, Prince Hiroakira, was to be proclaimed Imperial Prince. Kinyeda was also in charge of making a congratulatory salutation at this ceremony. This took place when Kinyeda was 50 years old. Kinyeda’s father, Sanetaka, was 82 years old around this time and was quite immobile due to gout. Kinyeda apologizes in the letter that he could not come in person to give thanks to the recipient of the letter since he was busy looking after his ailing father. The free-flowing calligraphic style closely resembles that of Sanetaka. In both scholastic achievement and calligraphy skill, it is obvious that Kinyeda was thoroughly trained by his father.
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