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16100.c.27

Record Id:

032-003882047

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003882047

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

16100.c.27

Title:

Saigyō shiki monogatari 西行四季物語

Scope & Content:

Variant title: Saigyō monogatari 西行物語

Variant title: Saigyō isshōgai sōshi 西行一生涯草紙 [西行一生涯草紙]

Author/compiler: Unknown.

Imprint: Rakuyō [Kyōto] , Hattori Kyūbē, Genroku 4, 1691. Kanki on fol. 14b of last maki reads: 元禄四辛未年五月上旬／洛陽･･･／書林服部九兵衛開板.

Description: 4 kan, 1 satsu, in a chitsu case. Maki numbered according to the 4 seasons: (春) ff. 15; (夏) ff. 10; (秋) ff. 12; (冬) ff. 14. 20.9 x 15.9 cm. Fukurotoji.

Blockprint. Printing frame 17.5 x 14.2 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin.

Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana and dakuten. 9 lines to page, 16 characters to line.

Renewed mid-blue covers. Renewed title slip on left with manuscript gedai: 西行四季物語. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Saigyō 西行 shun (etc.) 春 (等) + folio no.

Edition: Third edition of this work, following blockprinted editions in Kan'ei 2 (1625) and Shōhō 3 (1646). Others followed in Genroku 5 (1692), Hōei 2 (1705), Hōei 5 (1708) and Kyōwa 3 (1803).

Contents: Biography of Saigyō 西行, poet and priest, 1118-90, based on fact and legend, and including many of his poems. Accounts of Saigyō's life in emakimono form appeared from the Kamakura period onward, and later printed versions do not differ substantially from them in content.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Japanese woodblock materials

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003882047

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Hierarchy:

032-003882047

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Japanese

Scripts:

Japanese

Start Date:

1691

End Date:

1691

Date Range:

1691

Era:

Place of Origin:

Japan

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Condition: Fair. Some stained and soiled folios, and worm damage (repaired).

Impression: Atozuri from moderately worn blocks.

Illustrations: One double-page and 13 single-page sumizuri woodcuts illustrating events in the life of Saigyō Hōshi. Artist unknown.

Seals of ownership: None.

Source of Acquisition:

Acquired from Richard Lane, 5 Aug. 1958.

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 7. Literature - poetry 国文－詩歌 b. Waka 和歌

Publications:

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 3, p. 12; Nihon bungaku shoshi 日本文学書誌, p. 688.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)