Morgan Pitelka, Reiko Tanimura, and Takashi Masuda. Letters from Japan’s Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: The Correspondence of Warlords, Tea Masters, Zen Priests, and Aristocrats. Institute for East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley, 2021.
A Melodramatic Age - Morgan Pitelka
Letters as a Window on Culture - Reiko Tanimura
Musings on Letters - Takashi Masuda
Letters and Commentaries - Morgan Pitelka
1. Takeda Shingen (1521-1573), Warlord
2. Sen no Rikyū (1522-1591), Tea Master
3. Hosokawa Yūsai (1534-1610), Warlord and Tea Master
4. Inagaki Toshitsugu (late 16th c.), Vassal of Toyotomi Hidenaga (1540-1591)
5. Furuta Oribe (1544-1615), Warlord and Tea Master
6. Hōshun’in (1547-1617), Samurai Woman, Wife of a Warlord
7. Tōdō Takatora (1556-1630), Warlord and Construction Commissioner
8. Hon’ami Kōetsu (1558-1637), Sword Appraiser and Calligrapher
9. Konoe Nobutada (1565-1614), Courtier and Calligrapher
10. Date Masamune (1567-1636), Warlord and Falconer
11. Doi Toshikatsu (1573-1644), Warlord
12. Kōgetsu Sōgan (1574-1643), Zen Priest
13. Takuan Sōhō (1573-1645), Zen Priest
14. Karasuma Mitsuhiro (1579-1638), Courtier and Artist
15. Kobori Enshū (1579-1647), Warlord, Tea Master, and Garden Designer
16. Nagaoka Kyūmu (1580-1646), Tea Practitioner, Hosokawa family member
17. Kanamori Sōwa (1584-1657), Warlord and Tea Master
18. Shōkadō Shōjō (1584-1639), Shingon Priest and Calligrapher
19. Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1586-1641), Warlord
20. Maeda Toshitsune (1594-1658), Warlord, Collector, and Tea Practitioner
21. Okabe Nobukatsu (1597-1668), Warlord
22. Konoe Nobuhiro (1599-1649), Courtier
23. Tōfukumon’in (1607-1678), Empress and Patron of the Arts
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