Letters from Japan’s Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: The Correspondence of Warlords, Tea Masters, Zen Priests, and Aristocrats

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.

Errata:

TOC: in the table of contents and on p. 152, we mistakenly list the occupation of Shōkadō Shōjō as “Zen priest.” While he was closely associated with the Zen temple Daitokuji, and he did produce calligraphy in a Zen style, he was in fact a Shingon priest.

p. 14, Sekigara -> Sekigahara

p. 15, (1564-1647) -> (1547-?)

p. 16, Kugō bu’nin -> Kugyō bu’nin

p. 18, Tomohito -> Toshihito

p. 63, 1552-1587 -> 1556-1588

p. 70, 666 -> 669

p. 76, Sōza -> Sōze

p. 83, Kimura -> Murai

p. 94, gomyō -> gomei

p. six struts -> five struts

p. 101, Jōjitsu -> Jōshi

    ōi-men -> ōhi-wata

    kise-men -> kise-wata

    kiku-men -> kiku-wata

p. 106, 1596 -> 1569

p. 118, Gyokushū Sōshitsu -> Gyokushitsu Sōhaku

p. 119, Sō’ō -> Sōbon

p. 143, Sotan -> Sōtan

    Toshihiro -> Toshihito

p. 154, remove word “an”

    Manhō -> Manbō

p. 156, haboki -> habōki

p. 160, Ogura -> Kokura

p. 166, Kanazawa -> Ishikawa

    Tomotada -> Toshitada

p. 179, 1619 -> 1605

p. 184, Nishonokōji -> Nishikikōji

p. 185, 1577 -> 1596

p. 192, 女房書 -> 女奉房書


These errors will be marked by a note included with each printed or PDF version of the book.


Apologies from the coeditors!