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16010.a.11
- Record Id:
- 032-003953136
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003953136
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129645983.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16010.a.11
- Title:
- Shittan gushō 悉曇愚鈔
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Chōzen 澄禪, Shingon monk, d. 1680.
Imprint: N.p., Chōzen 澄禪, Kanbun 8, 1668. Original kanki on fol. 51b of maki 下, following batsubun, reads: 于時寛文八戊申秋九月日更應諸徒 ／ 之所請鏤梓矣 ／ 悉曇末葉沙門澄禪 (花押). Later okuzuke (c. 1830-60 ?) on final endpaper reads: 皇都書林 ／ 五條橋通･･･ ／ 澤田文榮堂 ／ 菱屋友七郎.
Description: 2 kan, formerly in 2 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. 37; (maki 下) ff. 51. 26.2 x 18.6 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 22.2 x 17.4 cm. (average). Single-line borders. Single fishtail design on hanshin.
Katakana-majiri text, interspersed with many siddham characters with their reading indicated in furigana. 14 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line.
Dark blue front cover of maki 上 and back cover of maki 下, with printed title slip (both contemporary with reprinting). Gedai: 悉曇愚鈔. Title from naidai and gedai.
Hashiragaki: Jō 上 (ge 下) + folio no. only. In a western style half-leather binding.
Edition: The only recorded pre-modern edition. Printed, probably c. Tenpō-Ansei period (1840-60), from the original blocks of Kanbun 8 (1668). Batsubun on fol. 51a of maki 下 is dated Manji 2 万治己亥 (1659).
Contents: An introduction to the sounds of Sanskrit and siddham script.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003953136
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003953136
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1668
- End Date:
- 1668
- Date Range:
- 1668
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Very good. A clean copy without worm damage or stains.
Impression: Atozuri from badly worn blocks.
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
- Publications:
- Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 4, p. 345.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Siebold, Philipp Franz von, 1796-1866