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16107.g.31
- Record Id:
- 032-003905908
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003905908
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122171298.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16107.g.31
- Title:
- Osana Genji おさな源氏
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Nonoguchi Ryūho 野 口立圃, also known as Hinaya Ryūho 雛屋立圃, haikai poet, artist, calligrapher and man of letters, 1595-1669.
Imprint: [Edo] , Shōkai (also read Matsue), n.d. [Kanbun 10 (1670) or Enpō 9 (1681) ] . See under Edition below. Kanki at end of maki 10 reads: 松會開板.
Description: 10 kan, 10 satsu, in a box. (Maki 1) ff. 16; (2) ff. 12; (3) ff. 15; (4) ff. 14; (5) ff. 12; (6) ff. 12; (7) ff. 14; (8) ff. 12; (9) ff. 18; (10) ff. 18. 27.5 x 19 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 22.4 x 17.5 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin .
Hiragana-majiri text, without furigana or kutōten. 15 lines to page, 24-27 characters to line.
Original pale buff covers with original printed title slips, centrally placed. Gedai: E-iri (tsunogaki) osana Genji 繪入 (角書) おさな源氏. No naidai except mokurokudai: 源氏物語. Hashiragaki: [no title] , maki no. + folio no.
Edition: Osana Genji was first published in Kanbun 6 (1666). Two editions were published in Kanbun 10 (1670), the second issued by Shōkai 松會 of Edo, like the present copy. Two later reprints of this edition were published, one with a kanki dated Enpō 9 (1681) 延寶九年初春日 and the other with date deleted from the block. A further dated edition was issued by Shōkai in Kanbun 12 (1672). It seems probable that the present copy belongs to the undated Shōkai edition of Enpō 9 or to a later reprint of the Kanbun 10 (1670) edition.
Contents: A condensed version of Genji monogatari 源氏物語, abridged and simplified for young people. Usually classed as a kana-zōshi. Author's preface on fol. 1a of maki 1.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003905908
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003905908
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 10 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1670
- End Date:
- 1681
- Date Range:
- [1670-1681]
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Good, apart from soiled corners and a few stained folios.
Impression: A clear impression from little-worn blocks, surprisingly sharp for a reprinted edition.
Illustrations: A total of 64 single-page sumizuri woodcuts, unsigned but possibly the work of the author Ryūho himself, distributed as follows: (maki 1) 6; (2) 6; (3) 5; (4) 7; (5) 6; (6) 7; (7) 6; (8) 6; (9) 7; (10) 8..
Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal, Kanga bunko 閑雅文庫 (seal of Satake Yoshimichi 佐竹義路), on first page of each maki.
- Custodial History:
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Formerly owned by Paul Corbin. A note accompanying the volume reads "Corbin 354" and a small label on the title slip of volume 10 bears the number 354. Sold at the 4th sale of Paul Corbin collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris 17-19 May 1926.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired by purchase, 5 August 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 f. Kana-zōshi 仮名草子
- Publications:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 1, p. 487; text reprinted in Kinsei bungei sōsho 近世文芸叢書, vol. 7.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)