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16096.b.4
- Record Id:
- 032-003903339
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003903339
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122040699.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16096.b.4
- 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, Genroku 14, 1701. Kanki following batsu at end of maki 7 reads: 元禄十四年辛巳春正月吉旦 ／ 皇都二條通 ／ 上島瀬平 ／ 長尾平兵衞 ／ 仝梓.
Description: 7 kan, formerly in 5 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. 21.6 x 15.8 cm. Original (?) grey-green front cover of satsu 1 only, with renewed title slip bearing manuscript gedai: 諺草... . In a western style half-leather binding.
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:
- [{ "id" : "032-003903339", "parent" : "#", "text" : "16096.b.4: Kotowazagusa 諺草" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003903339
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003903339
- 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: Good, apart from minimal worm damage and a few stains. Slight brown embrittlement around edges of leaves. Cropped at upper edge.
Impression: Sharp and clear, shozuri or near.
Seals of ownership: None.
Manuscript notes: Signature of a former owner, J. W. McCarthy, on outer front cover. The same signature followed by 'Yedo, 1877' on first page of preface.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired by purchase, 19 Feb. 1883.
- 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)