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Lot 3105

Attributed to Kobori Enshu (1579-1647)
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18 March 2015, 13:00 EDT
New York

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Attributed to Kobori Enshu (1579-1647)

Letter
Hanging scroll, ink on paper; dated hachigatsu, nijuni-nichi (eighth month, twenty-second day), signed Kobori Enshu above a kao; with a wooden storage box
5 7/8 x 17in (15 x 43.2cm)

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Provenance:
Purchased in Tokyo, 1959

Although Kobori Enshu's (Kobori Masakazu, 1579-1647) accomplishments included the arts of poetry, painting, flower arrangement and garden design, he is best known as a master of the tea ceremony. A disciple of the famous tea master Furuta Oribe (1544-1615), he is associated with developing the aesthetic concept of kireisabi that stressed a simple but elegant beauty.

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