Letter by Kojima Soshin
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作者小島宗真
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- コジマソウシンヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000299-0000
- 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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- Rectangle Gesture Font Black-and-white Wood
Kojima Soshin (1580-?) went by the common name of Korobe, but also used the pseudonym “Shindokuken Seisai”. Most of his extant works are Chinese poems and Japanese waka poems written on scrolls beautifully decorated with drawings of seasonal plants done in gold dust, pigments and paints. His calligraphy shows traits of the Koetsu School, such as the extremely varied thin and thick lines that was Koetsu’s style in his 70s. One can also see traces of Southern Song China’s calligrapher Zhang Jizhi. The addressee of this letter is a Kyoto physician, Dosho-An Bokujun (1632-1706). This doctor was known as the inventor of “gedokutan,” detoxificationpills, as well as for his passion and mastery in chanoyu (also called sado). He also possessed an enviable collection of tea utensils.Soshin thanks Dr. Bokujun for sending him two pheasants during the busy end-year season. Pheasants were most sought-after poultry in olden days, and “poultry” on the menu at the Heian Court always meant pheasant. Even during the Muromachi and early-Edo Periods, pheasant was still the predominant poultry. Ryori Monogatari (lit. Cooking Tales), published at the beginning of the Edo Period, lists various pheasant recipes. Obviously, these birds were precious gifts for Soshin.
今朝者御来駕殊預御持参辱奉存候将又任到来雉子一番進上仕候餘日無御座候間明春早々可申達候恐惶謹言極廿八日宗（花押）道正庵様宗真人々御中
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