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Or.75.ff.22
- Record Id:
- 032-003953446
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003953446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100130150957.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or.75.ff.22
- Title:
- Kaishō mondō 海上問答
- Scope & Content:
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Variant title: Kaishō monogatari 海上物語
Author/compiler: Echū 惠中, Zen monk, pupil of Suzuki Shōsan 鈴木正三, 1628-1704. Also known as Sōan 草庵.
Imprint: N.p., Kanbun 10, 1670. Kanki on last folio recto (15a) of maki 下 reads: 寛文十年 ／ 正月初春吉日.
Description: 3 kan, formerly in 3 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (上) ff. 19; (中) ff. 13; (下) ff. 15. 27.2 x 18.8 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 22.4 x 17.3 cm. (average). Single-line borders all round. No fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana. 14 lines to page, 24-27 characters to line. A 2-folio mokuroku at head of maki 上.
Original dark blue cover of satsu 上 only, embossed with a faint geometric design.
Original title slip with printed gedai: E-iri 繪入 (tsunogaki 角書) kaishō monogatari jō 海上物語 上. Title taken from naidai. Hashiragaki: Kai 海 jō 上 (chū 中, ge 下) + folio no. In a western style half-cloth binding with marbled paper.
Edition: First and only edition with this title. Reprint, from new blocks, of the earlier edition published in Kanbun 6 (1666) with the title Kaishō monogatari 海上物語.
Contents: A kana-zōshi tale. A popular exposition of Buddhist doctrine addressed by a monk to fellow-passengers on a sea voyage from Nagasaki to Satsuma. Influenced in subject matter by Gion monogatari 祇園物語 and Kiyomizu monogatari 清水物語 (q. v.).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003953446
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003953446
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1670
- End Date:
- 1670
- Date Range:
- 1670
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Fair to good. No worm damage, but water stains in places and damage to ff. 10-12 of maki 下 due to brittle paper. Soiled lower corners.
Impression: A fairly early impression from little-worn blocks.
Illustrations: Single-page (one double-page) sumizuri woodcuts, illustrating episodes from the work, on ff. 3b-4a, 6a, 8a, 10a, 12a, 14a and 18a of maki 上; ff. 2a, 3a, 5a, 7a, 9a, 11a and 12a of maki 中, and ff. 2a, 3a, 5a, 7a, 9a, 11a and 13a of maki 下. Artist unknown.
Seals of ownership: Two square red seals on first page of all 3 kan: (1) Sosekien in 素石園印, and (2) Talkō sanbō no in 苔香山房之印.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from S. M. Franck, 16 April 1901.
- Finding Aids:
- Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).C.Japanese works 和書 5.Literature - fiction 国文－小説 f.Kana-zōshi 仮名草子
- Publications:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 1, p. 551; EBJ, p. 30; Nihon bungaku shoshi 日本文学書誌K, vol. 5, (上) p. 23.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)