Report on Personal Tidings to Watari Chikushū

Written in the hand of Furuta Oribe

Momoyama-early Edo period (16th-17th centuries)

Donated by the Homma family

This is a letter from Furuta Oribe (1544-1615), a tea master and a samurai lord, to an individual called “Watari Chikushū.” The letter informs Watari of the tea ceremony being hosted the day after next as of the time of writing, and invites him to attend.