Letter by Kobori Enshu
- Person
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作者小堀遠州
- Date
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- コボリエンシュウヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000300-0000
- 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）
- URL
- Classification
- Art
- AI Tagging
- Handwriting Rectangle Wood Font Paper
Kobori Enshu (1579-1647) had several names; his real name was Masakazu, but he used the pseudonym Soho for artistic endeavors and also called himself “Koho-An.” He originated the Enshu-style tea ceremony and was admired as one of the three greatest tea masters of Japan, the other two being Sen-no-Rikyu (1522-91) and Furuta Oribe (1544-1615). In 1608, Kobori Masakazu was appointed Lord of Ohmi (today’s Shizuoka Prefecture) and was called Enshu thereafter. (“Enshu” is synonymous with Ohmi Province.)A man of multiple talents, highly successful landscape designer among them, Kobori Enshu patterned his calligraphic style after the orthodox Teika Style (originated by Fujiwara-no-Teika; 1162-1241). This letter is a good example of the style. It was written to Kohitsu Ryosa (1572-1662) in Kyoto while Enshu was stationed in Edo. According to the letter, Enshu had borrowed the book Michinari-Shu (a private collection of poems by Minamoto-no-Michinari, the manuscript of which was made by Fujiwara-no-Teika and is currently preserved at Maeda Ikutokukai). Enshu notes he added an editorial comment and hand-copied the book himself for his own reference. He apologizes for the delay in its return and says that he is sending the book to Ryosa, with this letter, all the way from Edo to Kyoto.
返々江戸隙明罷上ゆる／＼と可申承候日外借用申候道済集拙者所にかしく後筆御入候之間集を書留をき可申と存うつさせ候とてをそく返し申候唯今返進申候江戸へ罷下候之間頓而罷のほり候て可申承候手前取紛候而早々申候恐々謹言三月二日（花押） 了佐老小遠江御報
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