Letter by Tokugawa Hidetada
- Person
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作者徳川秀忠
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- トクガワヒデ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-000249-0000
- 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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- Rectangle Font Handwriting Pattern Monochrome
Tokugawa Hidetada (1578-1632) was Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616)’s third son, who later became the second shogun, the head military leader, of the Tokugawa Shogunate, a military government, when his father abdicated in 1605. At that time, the 28-year-old Hidetada was appointed Minister of the Interior, as well as shogun. In 1614, he was promoted to Minister of the Right and, then in 1625, to Prime Minister. Hidetada’s posthumous honorary name is Taitoku-In.In addition to his spectacular political career, Hidetada was devoted to learning and was noted for his intellectual pursuits. He studied the art of tea under Furuta Oribe (1543-1615), and according to the Genealogy of Calligraphy, Hidetada’s name appears under the Sogen School.While extant handwriting of Tokugawa Hidetada is rare, the wooden box found containing the letter seen here was labeled “The letter of Minister Taitoku-In”, and is proof that the writing had been handed down for generations as an authentic work. Although it lacks Hidetada’s signature, date and the addressee’s name, the strokes and style are none other than those of Hidetada.The letter reads as follows: “I have just come home. I am exhausted but feel a little lonesome tonight. Would you be kind enough to pay me a visit?” One can assume that it was sent to a close retainer, as it suggests of a warm friendship between the two.
I have just come home. I am exhausted but feel a little lonesome tonight. Would you be kind enough to pay me a visit?
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