Detail
| Cultural Resources Category | Calligraphies, Books, Documents |
|---|---|
| Cultural Properties Category | Certification Tangible Cultural Properties (Calligraphies) |
| Title | Ink on paper Watanabe Family Sanmon Urasenmon Yuishoki(historical document) and Ginsen(silver coins) |
| Designation Date | 1942/05/30 |
| Cities / Towns | Utsunomiya |
| Description | In the first year of the Genki Era (1570), in the battle of Anegawa in Omi Province, Watanabe Yamashiro-no-kami Shigeru had battle merits. Tokugawa Ieyasu gave him three more silver coins, which were given to Ieyasu by Oda Nobunaga, as a reward for his distinguished service. The descendants of the Watanabe family passed the silver coins down from generation to generation and kept them as family heirlooms. The main reason why this history of the three silver coins is designated as an important art object along with the silver coins is that the author of the history is Toda Mosui. Toda Mosui (1625-1706) was a descendant of Watanabe Yamashiro-no-kami Shigeru, who came of age with his father in Kurobane, and later went to Edo to live with his uncle Toda Masatsugu, who called him Toda Yasumitsu. His Buddhist name was Mosui. Toda Mosui devoted himself to scholarship and achieved great success, especially in poetry, and was a pioneer of early modern poetry scholarship, advocating its innovation. He is also renowned as a poet. He is the author of many works. |
| Copyright | 著作権あり |