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16010.a.26
- Record Id:
- 032-003953120
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003953120
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129491104.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16010.a.26
- Title:
- Inzu 印圖 [印図]
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Unknown.
Imprint: [Kyōto] , Medokiya Sōhachi, n.d. [late Edo period reprint of an edition originally published c. Enpō-Jōkyō period, 1677-84] . Okuzuke of reprint reads (in part) : 皇都書房 寺町･･･ 蓍屋宗八
Description: 1 kan (of 2 ?), 1 satsu, in a slip-case. ff. 7, 32. 18.9 x 13.4 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 16.5 x 12.5 cm. Single-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin.
Minimal text in the form of captions to illustrations, in kanbun.
Original yellow covers, with original printed title slip. Gedai: 改正 (角書) 印圖十八道 ／ 金剛界. Title from gedai. Hashiragaki: (ff. 1-7) Jūhachi 十八 + folio no.; (ff. 1-32) Kon 金 + folio no.
Edition: Editions of Enpō 延宝七年 (1677) and Jōkyō 1 貞享元年 (1684) are recorded. The present copy is clearly a late reprint (18th century) from the original blocks of 1677 or 1684.
Contents: A Shingon Buddhist work on symbolic signs made with the hands and fingers. Probably the first maki of a 2-kan work.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003953120
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003953120
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1684
- End Date:
- 1684
- Date Range:
- after 1684
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Good, apart from stain in upper margins.
Impression: Atozuri, from worn blocks.
llustrations: Sumizuri woodcuts of hand gestures on every page.
Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of Sir Ernest Satow, 英國薩道藏書, on first page.
- Custodial History:
- Formerly owned by Thomas Watters (1840-1901), Sinologist and member of the British Consular Service in China and Korea.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from Rev. Andrew Patton, Ballymena 7 April 1906.
- 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 9. Shingon sect 真言宗
- Publications:
- Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 1, p. 176.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)