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16006.c.9
- Record Id:
- 032-003953099
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003953099
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129491080.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16006.c.9
- Title:
- Muryōju gisho 無量壽義疏 [無量寿義疏]
- Scope & Content:
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Variant title: Daikyō gisho 大經義疏 [大経義疏]
Variant title: Muryojukyō gisho 無量壽經義疏 [無量寿経義疏]
Author/compiler: Jizang 吉藏, scholar monk of Sanlun 三論 sect, 549-623.
Imprint: [Edo] , Tamaki Jirōbē, Genroku 14, 1701. Kanki on fol. 41b reads: 峕元禄十四辛巳歳春末上旬 ／ 武城増上寺前玉置次郎兵衛久信.
Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. ff. [1] (illustration), 41. 26.8 x 17.6 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 21.6 x 15.8 cm. (average). Double-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin.
Kanbun text with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 9 lines to page, 18 characters to line.
Renewed yellow covers (late-Edo period) embossed with formal design of decorative circles. Renewed title slip with manuscript gedai: 無量壽義疏. Title at head of text on fol. 1a: Muryōju gisho 無量壽義疏. Hashiragaki: Daikyō gisho 大經義疏 + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding.
Edition: Third pre-modern edition of this work, earlier editions having been published in Enpō 3 延宝三年 (1675) and Genroku 8 元禄八年 (1695).
Contents: Commentary by Jizang 吉藏 of the Sui period on the Sukhāvatī-vyūha or Aparimitāyuḥ-sūtra, one of the three basic doctrinal texts of Pure Land teaching. Batsu by a Japanese monk, Chisoku 知足, dated Enpō 4 (延宝丙辰) precedes kanki on fol. 41b.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003953099
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003953099
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1701
- End Date:
- 1701
- Date Range:
- 1701
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Generally good. Minor worm damage, some repaired unskilfully with paste. A few folios water-stained.
Impression: An early impression, sharp and clear. Shozuri or near.
llustrations: Single sumizuri woodcut on unnumbered first folio recto, depicting a writer (presumably the author of the present work) in his studio. On verso, four Chinese quatrains in a frame decorated with dragons, in the form of a memorial tablet.
Seals of ownership: None.
- Custodial History:
- Formerly owned by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866).
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from Alexander von Siebold, 22 July 1868.
- Finding Aids:
- Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). B. Buddhist works 仏書 4. Jōdo, jōdo shinshū sects 浄土・浄土真宗
- Publications:
- Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 10, pp. 426, 432.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Siebold, Philipp Franz von, 1796-1866