Sennorikyu to Sengoku Busho (Shodensha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] Sen no Rikyu is known as the master of the tea ceremony. However, Rikyu was not only the preeminent cultural figure of his time who defined the value of beauty, but also a key figure alongside Toyotomi Hidenaga in the Toyotomi Hideyoshi regime. Specifically, he served as a mediator (see Chapters 9 and 10) between Hideyoshi and the Sengoku warlords. Through Rikyu and the tea ceremony, this book delves into the inner worlds of the ruler of the realm and the Sengoku warlords, offering a panoramic view of the Sengoku period. Furthermore, the author offers a unique perspective on Rikyu s death poem which has influenced the values of subsequent generations of Japanese people a subject that tea masters and scholars have long sought to interpret. What, exactly, did Rikyu wish to convey? This book offers those of us living in the world after Rikyu a chance to engage with the values of that earlier era.

茶道の大成者として知られる千利休。しかし利休は、美の価値を創造した当代随一の文化人であるだけでなく、豊臣秀吉政権において豊臣秀長と共に重きをなす存在でもあった。具体的には、秀吉と戦国武将たちの間を調整する申次(第九・十章参照)を行った。本書では、利休と茶の湯を通して、天下人および戦国武将の内面に迫り、戦国時代を俯瞰する。また、これまで茶人や学者が解釈を試みてきた利休の辞世―後世日本人の価値観に影響を与えた―に対して、著者ならではの視点で解説する。はたして、利休は何を伝えたかったのか。利休以後の世界に生きる私たちが、それ以前の価値観に触れることができる一冊。