Letter by Kinoshita Choshoshi
- Person
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作者木下長嘯子
- Date
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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
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
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.In this letter, Choshoshi is elated to find that the delivered goods were exceptionally wonderful. The contents of the letter, possibly sent to a house servant, are very simple, and the brush strokes are soft and unaffected. Perhaps this one was written when Chochoshi was in his 40s or 50s, rather a young age considering that he lived to be 81.
猶々一たんよく候て御うれしく候あつらへものもたせ御こし一たんよく候て 御うれしく候さひ／＼御むつかしき 御事候心より外に思ひまいらせ候いかさま御けさむに 申まいらせ候 かしくより御返事長まいる人々
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