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Letter by Arai Hakuseki
- Museum No.
- BK1011
Photo No：570-14409
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| Title | Letter by Arai Hakuseki |
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| Category | Calligraphy (B), Japanese Calligraphy |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | Edo |
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| Dimensions | Height 31.5cm Width 42.9cm |
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Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725) was a Confucian scholar and a politician in early-modern times. In this letter, he expresses his appreciation for delicacies that he had received from the master of a plum orchard and talks about his own poems. The phrase, "Yômei saki no sesshô denka," meaning "the former Regent Yômei," probably refers to Konoe Iehiro (1667-1736), and suggests that the letter was written during Hakuseki's last days because Iehiro resigned from the position of sesshô ("regent") in 1712 (Shôtoku 2). It is a valuable source of information for the study of Hakuseki's associations and activities in his last years.
Japan-Edo