Letter by Katagiri Sekishu
- Person
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作者片桐石州
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- カタギリセキシュウヒツショウソク
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
Katagiri Sekishu (1605-73) was an early Edo Period military general who patronized chanoyu. His name was Sadamasa, but since he was appointed to govern Iwami in 1624, he is often called “Sekishu” meaning the “Lord of Iwami Province.” (Note: “iwa” and “seki” are pronunciation variants of the same Chinese character meaning “stone”.) In 1627, Sekishu inherited his father Sadataka’s estate and became the governor of Yamato Koizumi in Nara (today’s central Yamato Koriyama in Nara Prefecture). He was appointed by the military government to preside over the affairs at Chion-In Temple in Kyoto, so he began living in the city, where he came to associate with the celebrated tea masters of the era, including Kobori Enshu, Kanamori Sowa and Shokado Shojo. Sekishu himself studied chanoyu under Kuwayama Sosen (1560-1632), a follower of the Rikyu School, and went on to master the art, establishing his own style, known as the Sekishu School. He later succeeded Kobori Enshu to become master of tea affairs for the Tokugawa shogunate family.This letter was sent at the end of the year to a certain Otsuka Heizayemon, who was ill in bed. Sekishu writes Heizayemon that he asked the attending physician about his condition and is glad that he is recovering. However, Sekishu advises Heizayemon to rest and not to worry about reporting to the castle to give New Year’s greetings. From the sympathetic tone of this letter, one can assume that Heizayemon was a high-ranking officer in charge of Sekishu’s administration in Iwami. Sekishu’s writing somewhat resembles that of Sen-no-Rikyu, perhaps because his teacher, Kuwayama Sosen, had studied calligraphy under Rikyu’s son, Doan.
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