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16054.c.18
- Record Id:
- 032-003907175
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003907175
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122414977.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16054.c.18
- Title:
- Tosa nikki shō 土左日記抄
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Kitamura Kigin 北村季吟, literary scholar and haikai poet, 1624-1705.
Imprint: [Kyōto] , Nakano Kozaemon, Kanbun 1, 1661. Kanki on fol. 41b of maki 下 reads: 寛文元年八月吉日 ／ 中野小左衛門刋行.
Description: 2 kan, 1 satsu, in a box. (Maki 上) ff. 46; (maki 下) ff. 41. 27 x 17.8 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 20.9 x 15.7 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text, with some printed dakuten and kutōten, interspersed with short passages in kanbun containing printed kunten. 11 lines to page, 20-24 characters to line.
Dark blue covers, probably original, now discoloured and damaged, with title slip bearing manuscript gedai: 土左日記抄. Title from naidai at head of maki 上 and 下. Hashiragaki: Tosa jō (ge) 土左 上 (下) + folio no.
Edition: This is the only known pre-modern edition.
Contents: Commentary by Kitamura Kigin on Ki no Tsurayuki's (紀貫之の) Tosa nikki 土佐日記, a diary composed in the 10th century. Commentary completed in Kanbun 1 (1661), the year of publication. Maki 下 ends with a batsu signed by Kigin, dated Manji 4 万治四年 (also=1661).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003907175
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003907175
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1661
- End Date:
- 1661
- Date Range:
- 1661
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Poor. Extensive worm damage, especially in maki 下. Brown stains at inner (binding) edge. Needs re-sewing.
Impression: Atozuri, from blocks badly worn in places.
Seals of ownership: None.
Manuscript notes: Note in black ink following kanki: 珍海之 (花押) ／ 全部主.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired by purchase, 21 Dec. 1870.
- 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 6. Literature - prose 国文－散文 a. Diaries 日記
- Publications:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 4, p. 467.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)