Letter by Hojo Tokimoto
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作者北条時元
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制作年 AD14
- Title
- ホウジョウトキモトヒツショジョウ
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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-002533-0000
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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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Hojo Tokimoto (?-1333) was the son of Hojo Tokikuni (?-1284), who was an Imperial Guard of the Left with officer’s rank and was the provincial governor of Tosa. Toward the end of the Kamakura Period, there were many warrior-poets, such as the Kamakura Shogun and Imperial Prince Hisa-akira and Reget Hojo Sadatoki who lived in the northeastern Kanto region. The Hojo family, including the writer of this letter, Tokimoto, as well as the warrior families of Oye, Nikaido, Uesugi and Toki, were all excellent poets, whose poems were listed in poetic anthologies like Shin Gosen Wakashu (lit. New Later Anthology of Poems) and Gyokuyo Wakashu (lit. Collection of Beautiful Leaves of Japanese Poetry). These families were all central figures in the literary circles of the day. Tokimoto’s poems were also selected for entry in other anthologies like Shoku Senzai Wakashu (Anthology of Japanese Poems of a Thousand Years Continued), Ryufu Wakasho (lit. Selected Poems of Willowy Winds)and Shoku Genyo Wakashu (lit. Genyo Poetry Collection Continued). In May 1333, Hojo Tokimoto was persecuted by the army of Nitta Yoshisada that marched into Kamakura. Tokimoto committed suicide, together with his father, at the Rinzai Sect Toshoji Temple, then located in Kamakura. (Today only the ruins remain.)This letter reports on neawase and e-awase competitions held on May 5th, boys’ day, or the day to celebrate the Feast of Irises. Contestants brought forth the roots (ne) of iris, vying for the longest and most beautifully formed. This was followed by comparing the painting pairs (e-awase) to determine which pair was fairest. The letter is addressed to Minister of War, who, in this case, might have been Prince Hiroakira (?-1348), the son of Prince Hisa-akira. Prince Hiroakira was a poet, who was known to have composed the Fuga Wakashu (Collection of Japanese Poetry of Elegance). The prince was later adopted by his uncle, Emperor Fushimi, and was appointed to the position of Minister of War. This letter has great value as it allows an overview of the literary circles of the era.
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