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Or.75.f.2
- Record Id:
- 032-003808404
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003808404
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119714971.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147213265.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or.75.f.2
- Title:
- Dai Nihon ōdaiki 大日本王代記
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Yoshida Mitsuyoshi 吉田光由, 1598-1672. (Attribution in KS. Author not named in book.)
Imprint: [Kyōto] , Yasuda Jūbē, Jōkyō 1, 1684. Kanki on fol. 109a reads: 貞享元甲子極月吉日 ／ 安田十兵衛開板.
Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, in a box. ff. 1-89, 100-109 (despite gap in numbering, no folios appear to be missing). 131 x 94 mm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 116 x 85 mm. Single-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text, with printed dakuten and a few furigana. 11 lines to page, c. 20 characters to line.
Original black covers, with original printed title slip. Gedai: Shinpan (tsunogaki) nendaiki / Jōkyō (tsunogaki) ōdaiki 新板 (角書) 年代記 ／ 貞享 (角書) 王代記. Title from naidai on fol. 1a. Hashiragaki: [no title] , folio no. only.
Edition: First published in Keian 2 (1649), followed by later editions in Enpō 3 (1675), Tenna 4 (=Jōkyō 1, 1684) and Jōkyō 2 (1685).
Contents: A brief chronological account of the reigns of the first 113 emperors of Japan, beginning with Jinmu Tennō in the mythical period.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003808404
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003808404
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147213265.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1684
- End Date:
- 1684
- Date Range:
- 1684
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Good.
Impression: Atozuri, from worn blocks.
Illustrations: 10 double-page sumizuri illustrations on ff. 7b-8a, 16b-17a, 27b-28a, 37b-38a, 47b-48a, 56b-57a, 66b-67a, 75b-76a, 81b-82a and 88b-89a.
Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on ff. 1b and 109a.
Manuscript notes: Notes in Kaempfer's hand in a few places, including romanisation and translation of title slip.
- Custodial History:
- Acquired in Japan by Engelbert Kaempfer 1690-1692.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from the estate of Engelbert Kaempfer by Sir Hans Sloane 1723-1725 and incorporated in the British Museum in 1753.
- Finding Aids:
- Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). C. Japanese works 和書 8. Literature - poetry 国文－詩歌 d. Jōruri 浄瑠璃
- Publications:
- Tōhoku daigaku fuzoku toshokan betchibon mokuroku 東北大学附属図書館別置本目録, p. 53.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)