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Or.64.c.2
- Record Id:
- 032-003907513
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003907513
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122616722.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or.64.c.2
- Title:
- Nan chōhōki 男重寶記 [男重宝記]
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Namura Jōhaku 苗村丈伯, physician, fl. late-17th century. Used the following gō: Sōdenshi 艸田子, Sunbokushi 寸木子, Sankei 三徑, etc. (Preface signed Sōdenshi Sankei.)
Imprint: [Kyōto] , Yamatoya Kanshichirō, Genroku 6, 1693. Colophon on last folio verso of maki 5 reads: 元祿六年癸酉の夏六月吉日 ／ 四条通東洞院東エ入町 ／ 大和屋勘七良 ／ 同梓.
Description: 5 kan, 5 satsu, bound in 1 vol. (western style). (Maki 1) ff. 19; (2) ff. 19; (3) ff. 19; (4) ff. 21; (5) ff. 21. 22.4 x 16 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 19.4 x 14.3 cm. Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana. 10 lines to page, 22-24 characters to line.
Original pale-fawn front cover of maki 1 only, within western style half-leather binding. Original printed title slip on left bearing gedai: E-iri (tsunogaki in circle) 繪入 nan chōhōki 男重寶記. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: Nan chōhō 男重宝 + maki no. + folio no.
Edition: First printed edition. Followed by an augmented edition (Zōho nan chōhōki 増補男重寶記) in Genroku 15, 1702.
Contents: A manual of useful information for men of the bushi 武士 class, citing and explaining rules of etiquette, speech and behaviour in everyday life.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003907513
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003907513
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1693
- End Date:
- 1693
- Date Range:
- 1693
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Excellent.
Impression: Atozuri. Some pages show considerable block wear, but illustrations are mostly sharp and clear.
Illustrations: Single- and double-page sumizuri illustrations in: (maki 1) ff. 4b-5a, 9a, 13a, 17a; (maki 2) ff. 3b-4a, 8a, 12a, 16a, (maki 3) ff. 4a, 8a, 12a, 16a; (maki 4) ff. 3b-4a, 8a, 12a, 17a; (maki 5) ff. 3b-4a, 8a, 12a, 16a. Also numerous in-text woodcuts.
Seals of ownership: Four square red seals on first page of each maki: (1) Sosekien Kimura zō 素石園木村藏, (2) Taikō sanbō no in 苔香山房之印, (3) Usuisōdō no in 于水艸堂之印, (4) Fukisai toshoki 不覊齋圖書記 (seal of Akiyama 秋山 Fukisai).
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from James Tregaskis, London, 16 April 1901.
- 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 13. Social life, including manuals of behaviour 社会
- Publications:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 4, p. 574.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)