Letter by Mashita Nagamori
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作者増田長盛
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制作年 AD16
- Title
- マシタナガモリヒツショジョウ
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- Century Akao Collection
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- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
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- AW-CEN-000387-0000
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- CC BY Images license
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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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Mashita Nagamori (1545-1615) was a warlord during the Sengoku Period (lit. “Age of Country at War”). He was a vassal to Hashiba (later Toyotomi) Hideyoshi and helped his master to the feat of unifying Japan. Winning deep trust from Hideyoshi, he was involved in almost all aspects of Hideyoshi’s administration, together with four other main figures, who were Maeda Genyi, Asano Nagamasa, Ishida Mitsunari, and Natsuka Masaiye. Together, they were called the “Five Administrators” of the Toyotomi clan. Today, Nagamori’s name appears in kenchicho (cadastral registers) and other administrative documents, attesting to his abilities. After Hideyoshi’s death, Nagamori shared the rapidly declining fortune of the Toyotomi family. His estate was confiscated after the Battle of Sekigahara; he was exiled and later ordered to commit suicide after the fall of Osaka Castle in 1615, because his son Moritsugu had joined the defeated Toyotomi side. (The victorious Tokugawa Ieyasu emerged to build his own Shogunate, the Edo military government.) Addressed to Sakuma Shingoro, this letter is difficult to decipher. Nagamori is pleased that Shingoro and his relatives were given new estates as well as administrative posts commensurate with the roles they played. It sounds like Shingoro had asked for Nagamori’s kind words to obtain the rewards he wanted. The letter mentions that Takada Shozaemon was the messenger. He was Nagamori’s man. During the Battle of Sekigahara, Nagamori confined himself at the Osaka Castle together with General Ishida Mitsunari. However, Nagamori secretly sent a messenger(Takada Shozaemon) to Tokugawa Ieyasu. He had been secretly in touch with Ieyasu, who later destroys the Toyotomi clan.
今度之仕合ニ付而各抱置候ても 如何候間先々何方へも才学次第ニ新知をも被取候衆被頼候て似相ニ被有付尤候今迄辛労も候間引立候様ニと存候処不及是非次第候組中へも此由可被申候猶高田小左衛門可申候恐々謹言右衛入十月五日長盛（花押） 佐久間新五殿
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