Letter by Konoe Nobutada
- Person
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作者近衛信尹
- Date
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制作年 AD16
- Title
- コノエノブ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-000946-0000
- 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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- Handwriting Font Book Wood Art
Konoe Nobutada (1565-1614) was a court official who lived during the Momoyama Period. He was born into nobility as the legitimate first son of Senior Regent Konoe Sakihisa (1536-1612). His initiation rite was held in 1577 when he turned 13, with Lord Oda Nobunaga assuming the honorary role of placing the headgear. Nobunaga gave the boy a character from his own name, and thereafter Nobutada was called Nobumoto, which was later changed to Nobusuke. Nobusuke was only 21 when he was appointed Minister of the Left, but he resigned from this office in January 1592 at age 28. In December of the same year, he planned to sail to the Korean Peninsula to fight in the Battle of Bunroku and went as far down as Nagoya, in Hizen (today’s Saga Pref.). Nobutada later incurred the displeasure of Emperor Goyozei due to a rivalry Nobutada had with Regent Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and he was exiled to Bonotsu in Satsuma (today’s Kagoshima Pref.) in 1594. Ever since the end of the Heian Period, Satsuma had been Konoe family property, so he was received warmly by Lord Shimazu, the ruler of Satsuma. Nobutada spent his time in exile completely absorbed in art, as well as waka and renga composing and chanoyu tea ceremony. In 1596, Nobutada was pardoned and allowed to return to Kyoto; thereupon, he assumed the name Nobutada, by which he is traditionally known. In 1601, he was reinstituted as Minister of the Left and was promoted to Regent and head of the family in 1605. He died at age 50 on November 25, 1614. The posthumous Buddhist name Sanmyaku-In was bestowed upon him.Nobutada was thoroughly familiar with the art of waka, calligraphy and painting. In calligraphy, he was hailed as one of the ‘Three Brushes of the Kan-ei Era’, the other two being Hon-ami Koetsu and Shokado Shojo. The addressee of this letter is Ishikawa Jozan (1583-1672), who was also called by the pseudonym Rokuroku-Sanjin. Jozan was a noted calligrapher and poet trained in Chinese poetry by Fujiwara Seika (1561-1619). In this letter, Nobutada asks Jozan to edit his humorous poem, ‘A prayer to Amida Buddha’, written in seven-character quatrain format. It is likely that Nobutada had sent Jozan other works for editing as he reminds Jozan not to forget to look over them. He then explains which Chinese character to use to express the word ‘shokyo’. This letter is of literary value as it sheds light on the friendship between these two famous figures, as well as on Nobutada’s passion for Chinese poetry.
一昨日者昼夜申承本懐殊更仕合よく候て御帰寺珍重 念仏無間無釈文日蓮宗（師）所立無紛辞連署各企（起）兵乱坊主武邊奈敗軍餘人之異見をきゝ候ハぬまゝ狂詩を遣度候而右之外も被直候て可給候シヤウ強ノシヤウハ情歟性歟又啓札此者ニ可給候事所望候かしく［封］再六老三木
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