Letter
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Katagiri Sekishū, a government official and overseer of the Kantō region, was also a painter, Zen practitioner, tea master to shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641–1680), and curator of the Tokugawa family art collection. His primary devotion was to the tea ceremony.
This letter concerns his purchase of artifacts that had once been displayed by the most revered of tea masters, Sen no Rikyū (1522–1591). Strongly inked characters contrast with lighter, thinner brush strokes in a calligraphic style derived from Rikyū’s own writing.
This letter concerns his purchase of artifacts that had once been displayed by the most revered of tea masters, Sen no Rikyū (1522–1591). Strongly inked characters contrast with lighter, thinner brush strokes in a calligraphic style derived from Rikyū’s own writing.
Artwork Details
- 片桐石州筆墨跡
- Title: Letter
- Artist: Katagiri Sekishū (Japanese, 1605–1673)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: mid-17th century
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 11 15/16 × 17 13/16 in. (30.3 × 45.2 cm)
- Classification: Calligraphy
- Credit Line: Lent by Peggy and Richard M. Danziger
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art