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16006.e.1
- Record Id:
- 032-003953133
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003953133
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129645974.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16006.e.1
- Title:
- Mitsugon shohishaku 密嚴諸秘釋 [密厳諸秘釈]
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Kakuban 覺鑁, monk of Shingon sect, also known as Shōkakubō 正覺坊, 1095-1143.
Imprint: N.p., n.d. [second half of 17th century] . No colophon.
Description: 10 kan, formerly in 10 satsu, rebound in 2 vols. western style. Folio numbering by individual works, not by maki. 26.5 x 18.9 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 20.6 x 16.4 cm. (average). Double-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin.
Kanbun text, with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 8 lines to page, 17 characters to line.
Original dark blue front covers of satsu 1 and 6 only, with original printed title slips. Gedai: 密嚴諸秘釋 共計十冊 ／ 四十九種. Title from mokurokudai at head of each maki.
Hashiragaki: Hishaku maki 秘釋巻 [without maki no.] . Titles of individual works printed at head of hanshin, with folio nos. below. In a western style half-leather binding.
Edition: The only recorded edition. All copies of it are undated.
Contents: A collection of 49 separate works and commentaries on esoteric (Shingon) Buddhism, by the eminent Shingon monk Kakuban.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003953133
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003953133
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 2 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1750
- End Date:
- 1800
- Date Range:
- [1750-1800]
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Very good, apart from minor worm damage (unrepaired) in upper margins of maki 3 and 10.
Impression: Sharp and clear for the most part, but with signs of wear in places.
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 9. Shingon sect 真言宗
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Siebold, Philipp Franz von, 1796-1866