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Or.75.g.23(3)
- Record Id:
- 032-003808428
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003808428
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119714998.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147330283.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or.75.g.23(3)
- Title:
- Zōho ō-zassho 増補大ざっしょ
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Unknown.
Imprint: [Kyōto] , Shōhon'ya Kyūbē, Enpō 8, 1680. Kanki on fol. 20a reads: 延宝八歳庚申五月吉日 正本屋 ／ 九兵衛板.
Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, formerly bound in western style together with nos. 496, 497 and 500. ff. 20. 218 x 162 mm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 194 x 148 mm. (average). Single-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text, with dakuten and kutōten but few furigana. 18 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line.
Original black covers embossed with a lattice and peony design. Original title slip on left with printed gedai: 新板 ／ 繪入 (角書) 増補大ざっしょ. No naidai. Title from gedai. Hashiragaki: Ō-zassho 大さつ書 + folio no.
Edition: Numerous 17th century editions are known, beginning with one dated Kan'ei 9 (1632). The present copy purports to be of an enlarged (zōho 増補) edition.
Contents: A Chinese work, derived from the Liji 禮記, on the ancient form of the calendar, whereby the year is divided into 72 periods each of 5 days, based on the occurrence of natural phenomena. This is the first work, 七十二候, in this composite volume. It is followed by a Japanese commentary, 七十二候鈔, by Kusa Dōin on the same work, and by a third work by the same author entitled Saiji [kojitsu] 歳時 [故實] , on seasonal festivals.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003808428
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003808428
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147330283.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1680
- End Date:
- 1680
- Date Range:
- 1680
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Very good.
Impression: Atozuri, from blocks showing some signs of wear.
Illustrations: Sumizuri frontispiece depicting Mount Sumeru on mikaeshi, followed by a diagram of phases of the moon on fol. 1a. Small vignette figure studies on ff. 17a-18b.
Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on fol. 20a.
Manuscript notes: A few notes in Kaempfer's hand on title slip and upper border of ff. 1b-2a. A paper strip, with notes on this book also in Kaempfer's hand, has been bound in between mikaeshi and fol. 1.
- 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)