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16055.a.17
- Record Id:
- 032-004299323
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004299323
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156672147.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 16055.a.17
- Title:
- Utsuho monogatari うつほ物語
- Scope & Content:
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Variant title: Utsubo monogatari 宇津保物語
Author/compiler: Unknown.
Imprint: Rakuyō [Kyōto] , Hayashi Izuminojō, Manji 3, 1660. Kanki on fol. 92 at end of satsu 3 is in two parts: (1) date printed on hanshin, (2) publisher and place following last line of text. It reads: (1) 万治三庚子歳仲秋日, (2) 洛陽今出川 林和泉掾開板.
Description: 1 kan, 3 satsu now rebound in 1 vol. western style.. (Satsu 上) ff. 1-33; (satsu 中) ff. 34-65; (satsu 下) ff. 66-92. 22.5 x 16 cm.
Blockprint. Printing frame 16.8 x 12 cm. (average). Single-line borders framing each page, not whole folio. No fishtail design on hanshin.
Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 10 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line.
Original dark blue covers of vol. 1 only retained. Original title slip on left, with printed gedai: う徒ほ物語. No naidai; title from gedai. Hashiragaki: U う + folio no.
Edition: The earliest blockprinted edition, preceded only by three undated movable type editions of Genna / Kan'ei period.
Contents: The Tale of the Hollow Tree. A story dating from the late 10th century concerning the legendary life and adventures of Kiyohara (or Kiyowara) no Toshikage 清原俊蔭 and three succeeding generations of his family. There are allusions to this work in Genii monogatari and Makura no sōshi.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004299323
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004299323
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1660
- End Date:
- 1660
- Date Range:
- 1660
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Fair. The upper margin has been cropped
Impression: Atozuri. Evidence of wear on blocks.
Illustrations: 12 single-page sumizuri woodcuts, 4 to each satsu. (Satsu 上) ff. 3b, 12a, 22b, 32a; (satsu 中) ff. 37a, 45a, 53b, 63b; (satsu 下) ff. 68a, 76b, 84a, 92a. The illustrations are described in Ryerson Catalogue, p. 46.
Seals of ownership: None.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired by the British Museum 4 December 1871.
- Administrative Context:
- Kawase w0144
- Publications:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 1, pp. 301-4; Kanrodō bunko kikōbon kōran 甘露堂文庫稀覯本攷覽, fol. 13; Descriptive catalogue of Japanese and Chinese illustrated books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago , pp. 45-6.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Japanese literature -- Heian period, 794-1185