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16107.g.10
- Record Id:
- 032-003905891
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003905891
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122171277.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16107.g.10
- Title:
- Gokuraku monogatari 極樂物語 [極楽物語]
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Uncertain, but traditionally attributed to Eshin 惠心, also known as Genshin 源信, author of Ōjō yōshū 往生要集, 942-1017.
Imprint: [Edo] , Shōkai, n.d. [Kanbun 8 寛文八年, 1668] . Undated kanki on fol. 16b of maki 下 reads: 松會開板.
Description: 3 kan, 3 satsu, in a box. (Maki 上) ff. 13; (中) ff. 17; (下) ff. 16. 27 x 18.6 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 22.2 x 17.6 cm. Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text with some printed furigana. 15 lines to page, 22-24 characters to line.
Original mid-blue covers, with renewed title slips on left bearing manuscript gedai: 極樂物語. Title from mokurokudai in maki 上 and from naidai at head of text in maki 中 and 下. Hashiragaki: Shō 4 (5, 6) 生 四 (五, 六) + folio no.
Edition: Although undated, this copy belongs almost certainly to the edition of Kanbun 8 (1668).
Contents: A kana-zōshi work, heavily influenced by Buddhism and dealing largely with the Western Paradise of Amida.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003905891
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003905891
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 3 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1668
- End Date:
- 1668
- Date Range:
- 1668
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Fair. Some folios water-stained, and many soiled at corners through heavy use. Minor worm damage repaired by urauchi patching.
Impression: Generally sharp and clear, but with evidence of slight wear on blocks.
Illustrations: A total of 16 sumizuri illustrations, 4 double-page and 12 single-page, distributed as follows: (maki 上) ff. 2b-3a, 5a, 7a, 9a, 12a; (maki 中) ff. 2b-3a, 5a, 7b-8a, 10a, 13a, 16a; (maki 下) ff. 3a, 5a, 8a, 11b-12a, 14a. All depict Buddhist scenes, with costumes in Chinese style.
Seals of ownership: None.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired at Glendining's sale, 22 March 1956.
- Finding Aids:
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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 f. Kana-zōshi 仮名草子
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)