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16055.c.40
- Record Id:
- 032-003882039
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003882039
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121653822.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16055.c.40
- Title:
- Nenbutsu sōshi 念佛草紙 [念仏草紙]
- Scope & Content:
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Alternative reading of title: Nenbutsu-zōshi
Author/compiler: Suzuki Shōsan 鈴木正三, Zen teacher and writer, 1579-1655.
Imprint: N.p., n.d. [c. Kanbun period, 1661-73] . No kanki.
Description: 2 kan, 1 satsu, in a chitsu case of thin board. (上) ff. 1-9, 10 / 15 (十ノ十五), 16-24; (下) ff. 15. 26 x 19.2 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 22.5 x 17.4 cm. (average). No borders except round illustrations. No frame to hanshin. No fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 13 lines to page, 24-28 characters to line.
Grey, soft paper of inner cover survives, with fragments of original brown covering paper adhering. No title slip. Manuscript gedai (modern) on label loosely attached to front cover. Title from naidai at head of maki 上 and 下. Hashiragaki: Sōshi jō (ge) 草紙上 (下) + folio no.
Edition: A mid-17th century edition without publisher or date, but earlier than the two dated editions of Jōkyō 3 貞享三年 (1686) and Kyōhō 12 享保十二年 (1727). An edition of Kanbun period (1661-73) held by Kyōdai and Tōdai is recorded by Kokusho sōmokuroku 国書総目録, but most other recorded copies are undated and not described in sufficient detail for comparison with the present copy.
Contents: A kana-zōshi story, ending in questions and answers in simple language about how to attain enlightenment from the Zen standpoint, especially through the efficacy of nenbutsu recitation.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003882039
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003882039
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1661
- End Date:
- 1673
- Date Range:
- [1661-1673]
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Fair. Worm damage (unrepaired) and soiled folios.
Impression: Atozuri, from blocks showing considerable wear.
Illustrations: 5 single-page sumizuri woodcuts on ff. 3a, 8a, 20a and 23a of maki 上; double-page mihiraki on ff. 4b-5a and single-page woodcut on fol. 11a of maki 下. All in primitive, unsophisticated style.
Seals of ownership: None.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired by purchase, 11 May 1959.
- 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 5. Literature - fiction 国文－小説 f. Kana-zōshi 仮名草子
- Publications:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 4, p. 668; Katei bunko mokuroku 霞亭文庫目録, p. 38 (undated 10-line edition).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)