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16107.g.26
- Record Id:
- 032-003905880
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003905880
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122171265.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16107.g.26
- Title:
- Hamaguri no sōshi 蛤の草子
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Unknown.
Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Enpō 延宝 to Kyōhō 享保 period, late 17th early 18th century ?] . No colophon. See under Edition below.
Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, in a chitsu case. ff. [30] (folios unnumbered). 15.8 x 22.7 cm. (oblong format). Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 12.5 x 20.5 cm. (average). No borders. No printed hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 13 lines to page, 12-13 characters to line.
Original dark blue covers with painted design of cloud-bands, plants and butterflies in faded gold. Damaged pink title slip with original printed gedai: 蛤の草子 十一. No naidai. Title from gedai.
Edition: One volume (maki 11) from the complete set of 23 illustrated otogi-zōshi tales in uniform format and hanshiki, published in an undated edition by the Ōsaka publisher Shibukawa Seiemon. This edition is commonly assigned to the Kyōhō period (1716-36), but as the publisher Shibukawa was active from c. Enpō period (1673-81) onwards, it may possibly be earlier. The present copy (and 16108.b.10) belong to the same edition as Or.75.g.15 and are identical with maki 11 and 1 of that set.
Contents: An otogi-zōshi story on the theme of filial piety and the compassion of Kannon. The plot concerns Shijira, a poor fisherman of India, who lands a miraculous clam. The shell grows to giant size and opens to reveal a beautiful maiden, an emissary from the Bodhisattva Kannon, who becomes his bride and brings prosperity to his family.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003905880
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003905880
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1673
- End Date:
- 1716
- Date Range:
- [1673-1716]
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Excellent, apart from rubbed covers.
Impression: An early impression, not shozuri but sharp and clear.
Illustrations: 11 single-page sumizuri woodcuts in an archaistic style, in some cases extending onto the preceding or following page in the manner of books derived from kansubon 巻子本.
Seals of ownership: Square red seal, Kyūkodō 汲古堂, on mikaeshi.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from Kōbunsō, 14 April 1958.
- 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 e. Muromachi jidai monogatari 室町時代物語
- Publications:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 5, p. 118; Kanrodō bunko kikōbon kōran 甘露堂文庫稀覯本攷覽, ff. 6-7; Otogi-zōshi 御伽草子 (Nihon koten bungaku taikei 日本古典文学大系, vol. 38).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)