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Letter to Takigawa Katsutoshi
Sen no Rikyû (Japanese, 1573–1615)
Japanese
Momoyama period
16th century
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 27.6 x 40.3 cm (10 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Accession Number2014.1535
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCalligraphy
Signed
Sôeki with cipher
ProvenanceAbout 1584, sent by the artist to Takigawa Katsutoshi (b. 1543 - d. 1610). Murakami Kosuke, Japan. June 7, 1985, sold by S. Yabumoto Fine Arts Co., Ltd., Tokyo, to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)