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16099.e.28
- Record Id:
- 032-003907532
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003907532
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122616743.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16099.e.28
- Title:
- Koi no utakagami 戀の歌鏡 [恋の歌鏡]
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Unknown.
Illustrator: Hishikawa Yanai 菱川彌内
Imprint: [Ōsaka] , Kashiwaya Yoichirō, Tenna 3, 1683. Kanki following batsu on fol. 22b reads: 天和三年 ／ 正月吉日 ／ 畫師 ／ 菱川弥内 ／ 柏や ／ 与市郎.
Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. ff. 22. 25.6 x 18.2 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 22.6 x 16.9 cm. (average). Double-line borders round text and illustrations (separately). No fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text in gyōsho / sōsho style. 8-10 lines to page, few characters to line.
Vermilion front cover, probably original, with renewed title slip on left bearing manuscript gedai: 戀の歌鏡 (in gyōsho). Title supplied from gedai and from reference in batsu to 'koi no utakagami' 恋の歌かゞみ. No naidai or hashiragaki, other than folio no.
Edition: Apparently the only Edo period edition.
Contents: Judging by the title, an anthology of love poems, with an illustration of each.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003907532
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003907532
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1683
- End Date:
- 1683
- Date Range:
- 1683
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Fair to good. Minimal worm damage (repaired), soiled corners and some water-staining.
Impression: An early impression, sharp and clear.
Illustrations: Sumizuri woodcuts depicting landscapes, plants, trees and some figure subjects occupy the upper or lower two-thirds of every page. Artist: Hishikawa Yanai 菱川彌内. All illustrations hand-coloured at a later date.
Seals of ownership: None.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from William Anderson,13 Feb. 1894.
- 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 17. Fine arts 芸術 c. Book illustration 絵本・絵入本
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anderson, William, surgeon and collector of Japanese books, 1842-1900