Letter by Kinoshita Choshoshi
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作者木下長嘯子
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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
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- Century Akao Collection
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- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001139-0000
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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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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.This letter is addressed to Choshoshi’s first wife, Oume (?-1622), who was the daughter of Mori Yoshinari (1523-70) and the elder sister of Mori Ranmaru (1565-82). When Chochoshi abandoned and ran away from Fushimi Castle, Oume lost confidence in her husband and became a nun, changing her name to “Hosen-In.” The two, however, were not totally estranged as this letter attests to their correspondence. The subdued elegance and contents of the letter, in which Choshoshi asks about Oume’s health, speak of the writer’s delicate sensibility.
御みまひにきさを まいらせ候なに事も御入候はす候や此一首昨日よミ まいらせ候 おくり申候をきもあすけふ吹そむる秋風の露ハともハゝ袖やこたへんより うもし 長 まいる
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