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Or.75.f.7(1)
- Record Id:
- 032-003808408
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003808408
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119714976.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147213682.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or.75.f.7(1)
- Title:
- Imakiwame dōchū kagami 今極道中鑑
- Scope & Content:
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Variant title: Dōchū kagami 道中鑑
Author/compiler: Unknown.
Imprint: Kyōto, Kikuya Shichirōbē, Genroku 4, 1691. Kanki on fol. 12a reads: 元禄四未正月吉日改新板 ／ 京寺町通松原上ル丁 ／ 菊屋七郎兵衛.
Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, in a box. ff. 1-6, 7 / 8, 9 / 10, 11-12. 127 x 91 mm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 113 x 84 mm. Single-line borders. Single fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana. 11 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line.
Original black covers, with original printed title slip which repeats date of revision quoted under Imprint above, followed by gedai: 今極 (角書) 道中鑑･･･ . No naidai. Title from gedai. Hashiragaki: 道中付 + folio no.
Contents: A brief pocket guide to routes leading from Kyōto.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003808408
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003808408
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147213682.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1691
- End Date:
- 1691
- Date Range:
- 1691
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Good, apart from a few stains.
Impression: Slightly atozuri.
Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on fol. 11b.
Manuscript notes: (1) Brief notes in Kaempfer's hand, mostly romanised transcriptions of place names. (2) Note on paper slip pasted to front cover: A Japanese Book of roads. Old shelfmark, Pr: Or: 141, on mikaeshi.
- Custodial History:
- Acquired in Japan by Engelbert Kaempfer 1690-1692.
- Former Internal References:
- Pr. Or. 141
- 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)