Lot 3105: Attributed to Kobori Enshu (1579-1647) Fine Japanese and Korean Works of Art

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)

15 x 43.2cm

: 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.