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16096.b.10
- Record Id:
- 032-003903338
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003903338
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122040698.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16096.b.10
- Title:
- Kotowazagusa 諺草
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Kaibara Yoshifuru (also read Kōko) 貝原好古, also known as Chiken 恥軒, nephew of Kaibara Ekiken, 1664-1700.
Imprint: [Kyōto] , Uejima Sehei, Nagao Heibē, Tanaka Shōbē, Genroku 14, 1701. Kanki following batsu at end of maki 7 reads: 元禄十四年辛巳春正月吉旦 ／ 上島瀬平 ／ 長尾平兵衞 ／ 田中庄兵衞 ／ 仝梓.
Description: 7 kan, formerly in 10 satsu, rebound in 2 satsu. (Maki 1) ff. [1] (tobira), 3 (序), 5 (凡例), 60; (2) ff. 50; (3) ff. 38; (4) ff. 27; (5) ff. 43; (6) ff. 63; (7) ff. 29, 2 (跋). 22.2 x 15.6 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 17.7 x 13.6 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text with some printed furigana, interspersed with passages in kanbun with printed kunten. 9 lines to page, 16-18 characters to line.
Dark blue covers of original maki 1 上 and 4, enclosing the two satsu. Original printed title slips with gedai: 諺草 一之上 (四). Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: 諺艸 + maki no. + folio no.
Edition: First recorded edition, followed by further editions in Kyōhō 6 (1721) and Bunka 13 (1816).
Contents: Collected proverbs and common sayings, classified by categories in iroha order, with explanations and quoted sources.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003903338
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003903338
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 2 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1701
- End Date:
- 1701
- Date Range:
- 1701
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Generally good, except for minor worm damage in maki 1 and brown stains in maki 1 and 7.
Impression: Sharp and clear, shozuri or near.
Seals of ownership: None.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from Mrs. F. Joly, 12 Feb. 1921.
- 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 3. Language 言語 b. Proverbs 諺
- Publications:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 2, p. 650; text reprinted in Ekiken zenshū 益軒全集, vol. 3.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)