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Letter to Kujō Tanemichi

正親町天皇宸翰御消息 蘭奢待云々 九条稙通宛
Letter to Kujō Tanemichi (正親町天皇宸翰御消息 蘭奢待云々 九条稙通宛)
PLATE IImage: Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Calligraphy & Book · Muromachi period, 16th century · held by Kyoto National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan · Oogimachi (Emperor).

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Date
1501–1600
Creator
Oogimachi (Emperor) (正親町天皇)
Dimensions
Height34.7cmLength99.7cm
Catalogue ID
cobas-167998

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This letter accompanies Emperor Ōgimachi’s 1574 gift of an incredibly rare piece of aloes wood incense to the former regent Kujō Tanemichi (1507–94). The incense was cut from the Ranjatai (“Waiting for Orchid Luxury”) log, preserved in Nara’s Shōsō-in Respsitory since the 700s. A second piece of incense went to the warlord Oda Nobunaga.

— Museum description: Kyoto National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Letter to Kujō Tanemichi（正親町天皇宸翰御消息 蘭奢待云々 九条稙通宛）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-167998. Kyoto National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/letter-to-kuj-tanemichi/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Calligraphy
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Size: Height34.7cmLength99.7cm
  • Category: Calligraphy:Category:Imperial writings|Calligraphy:Region:Japan|Calligraphy:Author:Emperors|Calligraphy:Period:Japan:Azuchi-Momoyama period
  • 員数: 1幅
  • 分類: 書跡
  • 法量: 縦34.7cm:全長99.7cm
  • 銘文等: 蘭奢待云々
  • 種別: 書跡:分類:宸翰|書跡:地域:日本|書跡:筆者:天皇・皇帝|書跡:時代:日本:安土桃山・桃山

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