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16107.b.36
- Record Id:
- 032-003948675
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003948675
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124928621.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16107.b.36
- Title:
- Yūsenkutsu shō 遊仙窟抄
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Zhang Wencheng 張文成, author of original text, 660-732. Identity of Japanese commentator unknown.
Imprint: Setsuyō [Ōsaka] , Tanaka Seizaburō, Genroku 3, 1690. Okuzuke on final endpaper of maki 5 reads: 元禄三龍次庚午仲秋上弦月 ／ 攝陽書肆 田中清三郎 ／ 仝 貫器堂重之藏板 ／ 彫刻 村上治兵衛.
Description: 5 kan, 5 satsu, in a slip-case. (Maki 1) ff. 6, 31; (2) ff. 31; (3) ff. 28; (4) ff. 29; (5) ff. 29. 22.4 x 14 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 18.7 x 12.1 cm. Double-line borders. Horizontal rule on most pages, separating main text from commentary. No fishtail design on hanshin.
Kanbun text (本文), with printed kunten, in lower half of page; katakana-majiri text (commentary) above, with printed furigana. 7-14 lines to page (main text) ; 14 lines to page (commentary) ; 11 characters to line (main text) ; 16-18 characters to line (commentary).
Original light brown covers, now badly scuffed, with parts of original title slips surviving on maki 2-5. Printed gedai: Gōtō zuga (tsunogaki) yūsenkutsu [shō] 鼇頭圖畫 (角書) 遊仙窟 [抄] . Naidai at head of each maki: Yūsenkutsu 遊仙窟. Title from naidai at head of preface. Hashiragaki: 頭書 遊仙窟 + maki no. + folio no.
Edition: The only recorded pre-modern edition of kanbun text with commentary. An edition of Yūsenkutsu alone, without commentary, was published in Keian 5 (1652).
Contents: A romantic Chinese novelette of the Tang period, dealing with love and the supernatural, written in a harmonious blend of poetry and prose. Introduced at an early date into Japan, it was subsequently lost in China and survived only in Japan. Chinese title: Youxianku 遊仙窟. The present work contains an extensive commentary in Japanese by an unknown author.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003948675
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003948675
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 5 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1690
- End Date:
- 1690
- Date Range:
- 1690
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Fair to good, but with some brown stains, soiled corners, and minor worm damage in maki 1 and 5.
Impression: An early impression, sharp and clear.
Illustrations: A total of 12 double-page and 7 single-page sumizuri illustrations in Chinese style. 3 double-page and 2 single each in maki 1 and 2; 2 double-page and 1 single each in maki 3, 4 and 5.
Seals of ownership: Circular red seal, Yoshikawa (or Kikkawa) Genseki / Nagano 吉川玄碩 ／ 永野, on first page of maki 1, 3, 4 and 5. This may possibly be a kashihon'ya stamp and not an ex-libris. Another circular black stamp on the first page of each maki, Mikawaya of Echigo 越後 ／ 三河屋 ／ 嘉茂, is certainly the stamp of a kashihon'ya.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from Hakurinsha, 25 April 1962.
- Finding Aids:
- Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). A. Chinese works 漢籍 7. Chinese literature 中国文学
- Publications:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 6, p. 117; for an English translation see The dwelling of playful goddesses.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Satow, Ernest Mason, GCMG, 1843-1929