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Or.59.b.31
- Record Id:
- 032-003907204
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003907204
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122415014.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or.59.b.31
- Title:
- Mugonshō 無言抄
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Ōgo 應其, Shingon monk, also known as Mokujiki Shōnin 木食上人, 1536-1608.
Imprint: N.p., n.d. [mid-Keichō period, c. 1605-10] . No colophon. Date in the final batsu, Keichō 8 (1603), is not a kanki and does not refer to the date of publication. This batsu ends: 慶長八年正月十四日 ／ 木食奥山上人應其 御判.
Description: 2 kan (of 3), 2 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. Incomplete copy, lacking maki 中. (Maki 上) ff. [77] ; (maki 下) ff. [76] . Folios unnumbered. 26.7 x 19.8 cm. Fukurotoji.
Movable type. Printing frame 21.5 x 17.5 cm. No borders. No printed hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text, without furigana or reading marks. 11 lines to page, 19 characters to line.
Original mid-brown front cover of maki 上 only. No title slip. Manuscript gedai in sōsho, c. Kan'ei period or earlier: 無言抄 上. Title from naidai at head of each maki. In a western style half-leather binding.
Edition: The second of two undated movable type editions of Keichō period. The last 3 folios of the work contain four closing notes (batsu), detailing the stages in compiling, revising and completing the work for publication. They comprise: (a) blockprinted batsu signed by [Satomura 里村] Jōha 紹巴, reviser of the text, dated Keichō 3, 1598; (b) similar batsu, also blockprinted, signed by Kūjō Hō-shinnō 空性法親王, also dated Keichō 3; (c) short batsu by Jōha, dated Keichō 4; (d) batsu written by the author, Ōgo 應其, dated Keichō 8 (1603).
Contents: A collection of words and phrases suitable for use in composing renga 連歌 poetry, grouped in various categories, with rules governing the composition of renga.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003907204
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003907204
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1605
- End Date:
- 2620
- Date Range:
- [1605-2620]
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Excellent. A clean copy, completely undamaged.
Impression: Type shows marked signs of wear.
Seals of ownership: None.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from Ernest M. Satow, 22 Sept. 1884.
- 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 c. Renga 連歌
- Publications:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 5, p. 664; Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, pp. 558-9, 904-5, pl. 468; Iwasaki bunko wakanjo mokuroku 岩崎文庫和漢書目録, p. 51.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Satow, Ernest Mason, GCMG, 1843-1929