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16052.f.8
- Record Id:
- 032-003905872
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003905872
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122171255.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16052.f.8
- Title:
- Soga monogatari 曾我物語
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Unknown.
Imprint: [Kyōto ?] , Inoue Gonnojō, Yamamoto Chōbē, Kanbun 3, 1663. Kanki on fol. 19b of maki 12 reads: 寛文癸卯仲夏吉辰 ／ 井上權之烝 ／ 山本長兵衛.
Description: 12 kan, 4 satsu (3 kan to each satsu), in a box. (Maki 1) ff. 56; (2) ff. 37; (3) ff. 30; (4) ff. 36; (5) ff. 47; (6) ff. 34; (7) ff. 36; (8) ff. 36; (9) ff. 35; (10) ff. 24; (11) ff. 21; (12) ff. 20. 24.9 x 17.1 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 22.5 x 16.5 cm. Single-line borders, including fore-edge (hanshin) of illustrations but not of text pages. No fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text, with printed dakuten and kutōten. 13 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line.
Dark brown covers, renewed c. mid-Edo period, with faintly embossed rhomboid design. Renewed yellow title slips with manuscript gedai: 曽我物語. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: Soga monogatari 曽我物語 + maki no. + folio no.
Edition: A late impression, printed on thin paper of poor quality, of the second blockprinted edition of Soga monogatari.
Contents: A medieval prose narrative on the theme of revenge, based on the revenge exacted by the Soga brothers on Kudō Suketsune for the murder of their father.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003905872
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003905872
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 4 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1663
- End Date:
- 1663
- Date Range:
- 1663
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Distinctly poor. Many folios stained and torn, but only minor worm damage. Most of mokuroku 目録 at head of maki 4 torn out.
Impression: Atozuri, from badly worn blocks.
Illustrations: Copiously illustrated with 123 single- and double-page sumizuri woodcuts, some printed on facing pages, some on recto and verso of the same sheet. The pictures are distributed as follows: (maki 1) 12 pictures, (2) 14 pictures, (3) 9 pictures, (4) 10 pictures, (5) 14 pictures, (6) 10 pictures, (7) 13 pictures, (8) 8 pictures, (9) 12 pictures, (10) 7 pictures, (11) 8 pictures, (12) 6 pictures.
Seals of ownership: None. But the signature of a former owner appears on the back endpaper of each of the 4 satsu, in the form: 松田所持.
- 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:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 4, pp. 39-41.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)