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16052.f.12
- Record Id:
- 032-003905862
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003905862
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122171243.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16052.f.12
- Title:
- Heike monogatari 平家物語
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Unknown.
Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Keichō period, c. 1600-15] . No colophon.
Description: Comprises maki 1-9 and 11-12 (of 12), in 11 satsu. 27.7 x 19.7 cm. Fukurotoji.
Maki 1-7, 9, 11 and 12 retain their original dark brown covers with centrally placed title slips, added later, on satsu 3-7 and 9. Manuscript gedai: 平家物語. In a modern box.
Edition: A 12-line katakana-majiri movable type edition.
Contents: Greatest of the war tales (gunki monogatari 軍記物語), dealing with the heyday of the Taira family (1160-80) and the wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans (1180-85), ending in the crushing defeat of the Taira (Heike 平家). Probably written by a court noble in the early 13th century, though the original source material is uncertain. The work is permeated throughout by Buddhist doctrines of the impermanence of human life and activity.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003905862", "parent" : "#", "text" : "16052.f.12: Heike monogatari 平家物語" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003905862
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003905862
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 11 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1615
- Date Range:
- [1600-1615]
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Condition: Very poor. Many folios torn, damaged and embrittled, especially in maki 3, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12. Extensive worm damage and brown staining. Covers missing from maki 8.
Impression: Mostly sharp and clear, but with some evidence of type wear.
Seals of ownership: None.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired at Glendining's sale, London, 22 March 1956.
- 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 5. Literature - fiction 国文－小説 d. Gunki monogatari 軍記物語
- Publications:
- Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, p. 535 and pl. 404. Also Daitōkyū kinen bunko kichōsho kaidai 大東急記念文庫貴重書解題, vol. 3, p. 62.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)