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Or 12897
- Record Id:
- 032-003080936
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003080936
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025796658.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165625175.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12897
- Title:
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Hachikazuki はちかづき [鉢かずき]
- Scope & Content:
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'The Girl with the Bowl on her Head', an illustrated otogizōshi story of the 'mamakomono 継子物' ('stepchild stories' or 'wicked stepmother stories') category. Of unknown authorship the tale was composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). It tells of a girl whose dying mother places a bowl on her head in accordance with a divine command. When her father remarries, the girl suffers at the hands of her stepmother and is expelled from her home. She tries to drown herself but the bowl on her head makes her float to the surface. She is rescued by Captain Yamakage and becomes an attendant in his bath house. The captain's youngest son falls in love with her and wishes to marry her but his parents disapprove. Through a series of tests Hachikazuki proves her worth and the bowl falls from her head revealing her beauty. She marries the Captain's son who becomes heir to his family's fortune and together they live happily ever after.
The manuscript is undated but is probably from the early Edo Period (c.1640-1680)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003080936
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003080936
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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3 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165625175.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1640
- End Date:
- 1780
- Date Range:
- 1640-1780
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Nara ehon. 55 folios (vol. 1: 19 folios., vol. 2: 20 folios., vol. 3: 16 folios). 10 vertical lines of text per page. Height of text: 230 mm
Illustrations: 3 double-page and 16 single-page Tosa-style illustrations (vol. 1: 7 ill., vol. 2: 5 ill., vol.3: 5 ill.)
Material: ink and colour on paper
Dimensions: 165 x 240 mm
Binding: fukurotoji style binding. Dark blue paper covers (badly worn) with images of trees and plants in gold ink. Some pages decorated with floral motifs in gold ink. In a chitsu case
Seal: '岩' (round black seal) on first folio of each volume. '新' (round black seal) on last page and on inside of back cover of volumes 1 and 2. Possibly seals of Kashihon'ya 貸本屋 circulating libraries
- Former Internal References:
- Or 63 b
- Source of Acquisition:
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Acquired in 1964
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)