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Or.65.c.61
- Record Id:
- 032-003948685
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003948685
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124928633.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or.65.c.61
- Title:
- Sanzesō 三世相
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Yuan Tiangang 袁天綱, astrologer and physiognomist, d. 627.
Imprint: [Kyōto] , Nakano Kozaemon, Kan'ei 12, 1635. Mokki on fol. 54b of maki 下 reads: 寛永乙亥孟夏吉旦 ／ 中野小左衞門刊行.
Description: 2 kan, 2 satsu. (上) ff. 54; (下) ff. 54. 26.5 x 19.5 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 22.9-23.8 x 18.5 cm. Single-line borders. Vertical and horizontal rules used as page-dividers in places. 'Flower petal' fishtail design on hanshin.
Kanbun text with printed okurigana and kaeriten. Lines of variable length and width; characters of varying size.
Original mid-blue covers. Renewed title slips on left, with manuscript gedai: En Tenkō [i.e. Yuan Tiangang] enkin 袁天罡演禽. No naidai. Title from hashiragaki: Sanzesō 三世相巻上 (下) + folio no. In a modern chitsu case.
Edition: the only Japanese edition of this work.
Contents: Japanese version of a Chinese manual of divination and astrology, based on human physiognomy, dates of birth, etc. Derived from a mix of popular religious and philosophic sources.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003948685
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003948685
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 2 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1635
- End Date:
- 1635
- Date Range:
- 1635
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Fair to good. Some worm damage, unrepaired. Brown stains in both maki.
Impression: Variable. In places fairly sharp, elsewhere blocks show considerable wear.
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated with small sumizuri woodcuts throughout the text, in primitive but appealing Chinese style. Amusing vignettes of human figures, personified stars, birds and animals.
Seals of ownership: None.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from Richard Lane, 19 Nov. 1956.
- 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 10. Fine and amateur arts 芸術・諸芸
- Publications:
- Naikaku bunko kanseki bunrui mokuroku 内閣文庫漢籍分類目録, p. 246; Descriptive catalogue of Japanese and Chinese illustrated books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago , p. 30; Edo jidai shoki eiri-bon hyakushu 江戸時代初期絵入本百種, pp. 114, 186.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)