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16100.c.30
- Record Id:
- 032-003907198
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003907198
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122415007.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16100.c.30
- Title:
- Seiashō 井蛙抄
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Ton'a 頓阿, monk and poet, 1289-1372.
Imprint: [Kyōto] , Yamaya Jiemon, Keian 1, 1648. Kanki on fol. 31b of maki 6 reads: 慶安元年下秋吉旦 ／ 二條通松屋町山屋治右衛門.
Description: 6 kan, 5 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 1) ff. 19; (2) ff. 19; (3) ff. 19; (4) ff. 33; (5) ff. 5; (6) ff. 31. (Maki 5 and 6 are bound together in satsu 5.) 26.6 x 17.2 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 21.6 x 14.9 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana. 9 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line.
Original greyish-brown covers, with embossed peony and lattice design. Original printed title slips on left bearing gedai: 井蛙抄. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: 井蛙抄 + maki no. + folio no.
Edition: The earliest printed edition, followed by others in Jōkyō 3 (1686), Hōei 6 (1709), Hōreki 2 (1752) and Kaei 5 (1852). For the 1686 edition, re-titled E-iri waka no tebiki 繪入和哥の手引 (see 16100.c.34).
Contents: A composite work on waka poetical theory, quoting freely from the works of other writers with simple explanations. Compiled by Ton'a in the mid-14th century, probably at some date before 1364. A batsubun on fol. 31 of maki 6 contains notes by three different writers dated Entoku 1 (1489), Meiō 9 (1500) and Kyōroku 3 (1530), after examining the work in manuscript.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003907198
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003907198
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 5 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1648
- End Date:
- 1648
- Date Range:
- 1648
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Good. A clean copy, but with worm damage to front cover and first few folios of maki 5.
Impression: Atozuri from slightly worn blocks.
Seals of ownership: Circular red seal (undeciphered) on first page of each maki.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from Rinrōkaku, 4 Jan. 1960.
- 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 7. Literature - poetry 国文－詩歌 b. Waka 和歌
- Publications:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 3, p. 568.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)