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Letter by Kobori Masakazu
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Photo No：131205_BL_0004
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| Title | Letter by Kobori Masakazu |
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| Designation | |
| Artist | Kobori Masakazu |
| Category | Calligraphy (B), Japanese Calligraphy, Documents |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | Edo |
| Century | 17th |
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| Materials | |
| Dimensions | Height 26.3cm Width 43.1cm |
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Kobori Masakazu (1579-1647), the son of Kobori Masatsugu (1540-1604) from the province of Ômi (present-day Shiga Prefecture), was the founder of the Enshû school of tea ceremony (J., sadô). He first worked under Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98) and later Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616). He was also accomplished in calligraphy of the Teika style. Masakazu sent this letter to Shimizu Dôkan, a tea-ceremony master employed by lord Date in Sendai, in order to apologize for having had no time to say farewell when Dôkan left Kyoto for Edo (present-day Tokyo). Dôkan was a native of Kyoto and used artist names including Sôji and Denshûan.
Japan-Edo