Letter by Hoshun-In
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作者芳春院
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- ホウシュンインヒツショウソク
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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-000631-0000
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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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Hoshun-In (1547-1617) was the legal wife of Maeda Toshiyie, the founder of Kanazawa Province. Her real name was Matsu. She married the 20-year-old Toshiyie at age 12 and gave birth to two sons and nine daughters. Her first son, Toshinaga, became the second lord of the Maeda clan in Kanazawa. Toshiyie died in 1599; immediately afterward, Matsu became a nun and assumed the name of Hoshun-In. She was 53 years old. She later dedicated the sub-temple Hoshun-In in the Daitokuji Temple compound in Murasakino, Kyoto. Around this time, the relationship between Toshinaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu turned sour, so Hoshun-In went up to Edo to become a voluntary hostage. (This action was considered to have brought security to the Maeda clan.) Thereafter, Hoshun-In lived in Edo (the seat of the Tokugawa military government) for 15 years until 1614 but died after her return to Kanazawa. She was 71 when she died. Hoshun-In was an intelligent and deeply learned woman of robust health.Hoshun-In addresses this letter to Murai Nagatsugu (1568-1613), commonly called “Izumo,” whose family was among the most loyal vassals of the Maeda clan. In 1610, the ruling Lord of Kanazawa, Maeda Toshitsune (1593-1658), the third Maeda ruler, was commissioned by the Tokugawa government to assist in the construction of Nagoya Castle in Owari Province (Aichi Prefecture). Various other daimyo such as Kato Kiyomasa, the Lord of Kumamoto Castle (Kumamoto Prefecture), and Ikeda Terumasa, the Lord of Himeji Castle (Hyogo Prefecture), had gathered in Nagoya and were engaged in the castle construction, sleeping in make-shift shelters erected at the site. All the daimyo returned to their homelands after the completion of this magnificent structure in October 1610. The letter says, “I am happy that everybody is coming home with Nagoya Castle finally completed.” Hoshun-In was 64 at the time of this writing. The elegant and natural flow of the lines and strokes makes this letter conspicuous since female letters were rarely preserved. The “Ho” at the end is short for Hoshun-In.
［上段］申つく返々五もしし事 かたく色々御きも入思ひ御うれまいらせ候しさ 一ふて申めてたさまいらせ候まつ／＼かミこれよりより申候へく候五もしくたり候て又のたの事色々御きも入はんのう御さうさ のよしかす／＼ 何かと申候ハゝ御うれしくまつ／＼おもひまいらせ候そうさんをひせんもきけん御かへり候へとてのよしまん御おき候へく候そく ［下段］申まいらせ候そのうへにておわりのふしんもしちうかやう／＼候へく候すミ申候てこなたにてハみな／＼うけこい候てやかてかへりと 申候まいりさやうに申候これもめてたくぬす人思ひまいらせ候かしくにて候かしく廿四日よりいつも殿まいるはう申給へ
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