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16100.c.26
- Record Id:
- 032-003882072
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003882072
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121653902.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16100.c.26
- Title:
- Waka itoku monogatari 和歌威德物語
- Scope & Content:
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Variant title: Waka kimyōdan 和歌奇妙談
Author/compiler: Unknown.
Imprint: [Kyōto] , Hattori Kyūbē, Genroku 2, 1689. Kanki on fol. 21b of maki 5 reads: 元禄二年己巳潤 (ママ) 正月下旬 ／ 洛陽堺町通 ／ 書林 服部九兵衛開板.
Description: 5 kan, 5 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 1) ff. 16; (2) ff. 17; (3) ff. 19; (4) ff. 20; (5) ff. 21. 22.4 x 16.2 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 18.6 x 14.3 cm. Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana. 10 lines to page, 18-20 characters to line.
Original dark blue covers, with original printed title slips centrally placed. Gedai: 和歌威德物語. Title from naidai and gedai. Hashiragaki: Waka 和哥 + maki no. + folio no.
Edition: First and only edition recorded in Kokusho sōmokuroku 国書総目録, apart from undated copies.
Contents: A blend of waka poetry and monogatari fiction, consisting of collected anecdotes from earlier times demonstrating the efficacy of waka poetry in making friendships, furthering love affairs and even in pleasing the gods.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003882072
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003882072
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 5 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1689
- End Date:
- 1689
- Date Range:
- 1689
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Very good. A clean copy with minimal worm damage and little soiling.
Impression: Shozuri or near.
Illustrations: A total of 24 single-page sumizuri woodcuts, distributed as follows: (maki 1) 5; (maki 2) 4; (maki 3) 5; (maki 4) 5; (maki 5) 5. Artist unknown.
Seals of ownership: One square red seal (unidentified) on first page of each maki.
- 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:
- Text reprinted in Waka itoku monogatari 和歌威徳物語 (Koten bunko 古典文庫, vol. 399).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)