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

Cultural historians Morgan Pitelka and Reiko Tanimura partner with one of Japan’s premier experts in calligraphy and letter writing, Takashi Masuda, to translate and annotate twenty-three unique letters from the Age of Unification and early Edo period alongside images of the hand-brushed originals. Included is a biography of each letter’s author and in some cases the addressee, the context for its writing, and descriptions of relevant locations, individuals, and historical events mentioned therein.