Letter by Karasumaru Mitsuhiro
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作者烏丸光広
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制作年 AD17
- Title
- カラスマルミツヒロヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-002269-0014
- 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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Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (1579-1638) was a court noble and a poet, who, from boyhood, was hailed as a talented calligrapher. Not only that, but at the young age of 11, he was appointed Junior Officer of the Right and later climbed to the post of Major Counselor. At first, he was trained in the Jimyo-In School of calligraphy, but was later influenced by the Koetsu Style, while also being attracted to Jodai-yo (the classical style). As an achieved calligrapher, he was likened to the renowned ‘Three Brushes of the Kanei Era’.The date of this letter is the 25th of an unknown month of a year indicated by the Chinese zodiac. Two years could correspond to the zodiac sign shown: 1610, when Mitsuhiro was 32, and 1629, when he was 51. The identity of the addressee, Lord Murakami of Suo, is equally ambiguous. In the letter, the lord, referred to by the name Hori Kyutaro, may be Hori Hidemasa (1553-90) or his son Hideharu (1576-1606), as both men were called Kyutaro at some time. However, they both died before 1610 and are not likely to be the addressee. Since Hidemasa’s younger brother had been adopted by Lord Murakami Yoshiaki of Suo, it’s likely that this general is the addressee. In any case, the letter suggests that the Hori and Murakami families were closely related. Hideharu’s heir, Tadatoshi (1596-1637), was also a likely addressee, although there are no historical records that he went by the name Kyutaro. By coincidence, the correspondence concerns a bitter dispute that erupted between Hori Naotsugu and his brother Naoyori, both of whom were retainers of Hori Tadatoshi (1596-1637), Hideharu’s son. Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu handed down the final judgment in which Naotsugu was found guilty and punished accordingly. Because of this dispute, Tadatoshi’s estate was confiscated. Mitsuhiro writes that he is relieved to know that the event did not adversely affect the recipient, Lord Murakami.Considering the event occurred in 1610, one can conclude that this letter was written in that very year, when Mitsuhiro was 32 years old.
以上乍便宜一書令啓候堀久太郎殿申下御座候ハ笑止之儀候貴殿御無事之由珍重存候如何様期後便可申入候恐々謹言烏丸宰相壬二月十五日光広村上周防守殿
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