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16010.a.8

Record Id:

032-003953140

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003953140

MDARK:

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

16010.a.8

Title:

Shittan jiki myōryōbōki 悉曇字記明了房記

Scope & Content:

Variant title: Shittan jiki shō 悉曇字記鈔 [悉曇字記抄]

Variant title: Shittan jiki kikigaki 悉曇字記聞書

Author/compiler: Attributed to Shonpan 信範, Shingon monk, fl. c. 1286, but authorship is not stated in book.

Imprint: [Kyōto] , Asaka Kohē, Meireki 2, 1656. Kango on fol. 37b of maki 8 ends as follows: 明暦二丙申仲秋日播州八正寺深覚房挍合之／角倉通二條上指物町／安積小兵衛開板.

Description: 8 kan, formerly in 8 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (1) ff. 27; (2) ff. 37; (3) ff. 44; (4) ff. 35; (5) ff. 32; (6) ff. 23; (7) ff. 33; (8) ff. 37. 26.2 x 17.3 cm. Fukurotoji.

Blockprint. Printing frame 20.5 x 15.6 cm. (average). Single-line borders, with fishtail design on hanshin.

Kanbun text with printed okurigana and kaeriten, interspersed with siddham characters, 9 lines to page, 17 characters to line.

Mid-blue front cover, possibly original, of first satsu, with printed title slip (lower part missing) bearing gedai: 悉曇明了房記. Title from naidai at head of each maki.

Hashiragaki: Shittan Myōryōki 悉曇明了記 + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding.

Edition: The only recorded edition under this title.

Contents: A commentary on Shittan jiki 悉曇字記 (Ch. Xitan ziji) concerning the use of siddham script and phonology. (Note that this commentary in 8 kan is a different work from no. 181.) Text edited, according to kango, by the monk Jinkakubō 深覺房.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Japanese woodblock materials

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032-003953140

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Hierarchy:

032-003953140

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume　

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Japanese

Scripts:

Japanese

Start Date:

1656

End Date:

1656

Date Range:

1656

Era:

Place of Origin:

Japan

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Condition: Very good. A clean copy with only minor worm damage in maki 2 and 4.

Impression: Atozuri, from slightly 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. 349.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Siebold, Philipp Franz von, 1796-1866