With obi (sash). Wrapped in paraffin paper. Long-term home storage. "Honkaku-bo Ibun" Yasushi Inoue Price: -1500 yen First edition published November 20, 1981. Content introduction Why did Sen no Rikyu receive the death sentence from the Taiko (Hideyoshi Toyotomi) and go to his death without a word of explanation? Honkaku-bo, a disciple, visits and talks to people connected to his master, and also meets his master in a dream as he walks the cold, withered path. In the form of Honkaku-bo's notes, the mystery of Rikyu's self-disembowelment is explored, and the artistic spirit that penetrates even death is depicted in the wabi-cha of the turbulent times, where life is confronted in a narrow tea room. A masterpiece that shows the unwavering brilliance of the author's spirit, even in his later years when he received the Order of Culture and other worldly honors. Winner of the Japan Literature Award. A masterpiece that questions "the death of an artist" through Rikyu's self-disembowelment. The mystery of death is explored in the form of the disciple Honkaku-bo's notes. A representative work of the author's later years, depicting the poignant scene of Rikyu, who pursued wabi-cha under the protection of the powerful Hideyoshi, and committed suicide as ordered.