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16052.c.17
- Record Id:
- 032-003882087
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003882087
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121653917.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16052.c.17
- Title:
- Nendaiki eshō 年代記繪抄 [年代記絵抄]
- Scope & Content:
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Variant title: Shinpo yamato nendai kōki eshō 新補倭年代皇紀繪章 [新補倭年代皇紀絵章]
Author/compiler: Unknown.
Imprint: Edo, Fushimiya Heizaemon; Ōsaka, Itamiya Tarōemon; Kyōto, Igaya Kyūbē, Yoshinoya Jirōbē, Genroku 5, 1692. Kanki on fol. 24b of maki 6 (preceding furoku 附録 - maki 7) reads: 元禄五年壬申初夏吉日 ／ 江戸･･･ 伏見屋兵左衛門 ／ 大坂･･･ 伊丹屋太良右衛門 ／ 京･･･ 伊賀屋久兵衛 ／ 京･･･ 吉野屋次郎兵衛 ／ 仝梓.
Description: 6 kan+appendix (furoku 附録), formerly in 7 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (1) ff. 30; (2) ff. 31; (3) ff. 31; (4) ff. 29; (5) ff. 33; (6) ff. 1-23 (maki 6), [2] (blank, with printed rules), 24 (kanki) ; (7) ff. 30 (preface 序 + index-furoku). 22.4 x 16.5 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 20.1 x 14.8 cm. (average). Single-line borders, with horizontal rules separating text from illustrations in upper quarter of each page. Single fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana. 14 lines to page, 20-22 characters to line.
Original grey-green front cover of maki 1 only with central panel (pasted on at a later date ?) listing contents of maki 1. Title slip on left with printed gedai: Zōho 増補 (tsunogaki 角書) nendaiki eshō 年代記繪抄. Naidai at head of text of each maki: 新補倭年代皇紀繪章. Hashiragaki: Nendaiki 年代記 + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding.
Edition: The earliest edition. Followed by other editions in Hōreki 2 (1752), Meiwa 2 (1765), Meiwa 7 (1770), An'ei 2 (1773) and Tenmei 1 (1781).
Contents: Chronological annals of Japan from legendary times up to 1692, illustrated for popular reading. An appendix following maki 6 contains a preface signed by Sankei 三徑, and an index to the whole work, in iroha イロハ order, entitled 新補倭年代皇記繪鈔附錄早鑑.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003882087
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003882087
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1692
- End Date:
- 1692
- Date Range:
- 1692
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Very good, apart from minimal worm damage towards end of furoku 附録.
Impression: An early impression, shozuri or near.
Illustrations: Sumizuri vignettes illustrating incidents from Japanese history, alluded to in the text, occupy the upper quarter of each page. Style lively and evocative. Artist not named.
Seals of ownership: Red seal in a double-line decorative frame, Tokuko 牘庫 (seal of Naitō Fūko 内藤風虎) on first page of each maki.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from William Anderson, 13 February 1894.
- 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 9.History and biography 歴史・伝記 d.Chronology and calendars 歴史年表・暦学
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anderson, William, surgeon and collector of Japanese books, 1842-1900