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16055.c.28
- Record Id:
- 032-003953522
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003953522
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100130151161.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16055.c.28
- Title:
- Hōjō godaiki 北條五代記 [北条五代記]
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Unknown. Author of primary work was Miura Jōshin 三浦淨心, 1565-1644.
Imprint: [Edo] , Urokogataya Magosaburō, Genroku 10, 1697. Kanki on last page of maki 7 reads: 元禄十年正月吉日 ／ 大傳馬三町目 ／ うろこかたや孫三郎板. Publisher's name is printed at the end of each maki, sometimes in the form 鱗形屋開板.
Description: 7 kan, 1 satsu, protected by a loose wrap-around case. (1) ff. 14; (2) ff. 14; (3) ff. 14; (4) ff. 14; (5) ff. 14; (6) ff. 14; (7) ff. 14. First and fourth folios of each maki are numbered 初二 and 五六 respectively. 21.3 x 15.1 cm. Fukurotoji.
Blockprint. Printing frame 17.2 x 12.4 cm. (average). Single-line borders. Hanshin blocked in black at top and bottom, but no fishtail design.
Hiragana-majiri text (kana predominating), printed in a densely-packed cramped style of script, characteristic of shirami-bon 虱本. 16 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line.
Original vermilion covers, now partially oxidised, with embossed hexagonal pattern. No title slip. Manuscript gedai: 北条五代記 元禄うろこかたや刋 完. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Hōjō 北条 + maki no. + folio no.
Edition: The only Edo-period edition of this work in ko-jōruri 古浄瑠璃 form.
Contents: A ko-jōruri shōhon 古浄瑠璃正本 (playbook for chanting, containing a certified jōruri text) derived from Miura Jōshin's historical narrative of the same title.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003953522
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003953522
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1697
- End Date:
- 1697
- Date Range:
- 1697
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Good, apart from water stains in maki 1-3 and 7.
Impression: Fairly sharp and clear, with only slight block wear.
Illustrations: 21 double-page sumizuri illustrations, 3 to each maki, in typical ko- jōruri style with figures of large size, often with bulging eyes.
Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal in double frame, Kanga bunko 閑雅文庫 (seal of Satake Yoshimichi 佐竹義路), on first page of text.
Manuscript notes: Date in black ink on back cover: 明治三年 [=1870] 午九月朔日.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from William Anderson, 13 February 1894.
- 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 8. Literature - poetry 国文－詩歌 d. Jōruri 浄瑠璃
- Publications:
- Katei bunko mokuroku 霞亭文庫目録, p. 279.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anderson, William, surgeon and collector of Japanese books, 1842-1900