Alternative reading of title: Banshōin-den anō no ki. Variant title: Manshōin anōki 萬松院穴太記 [万松院穴太記]. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: Kyōto , Tanaka Seizaemon, Kanbun 2, 1662. Kanki on fol. 19b of maki 下 reads: 寛文二載龍集壬寅十月上旬 ／ 洛陽室町通鯉山町 ／ 田中清左衛門梓行. Description: 2 kan, 1 satsu, in a wrap-around case. (Maki 上) ff. 30; (maki 下) ff. 19. 268 x 180 mm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 209 x 153 mm. (average). Single-line borders. Single white fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 10 lines to page, 19-21 characters to line. Original mid-blue covers, with upper part of original printed title slip. Partial gedai reads: 萬松院殿. Mokurokudai and naidai at head of text: Banshōin-den Anō no ki 萬松院殿 (でん) 穴太記 (reading from furigana alongside). Hashiragaki: Anōki jō (ge) 穴太記上 (下) + folio no. Edition: The only edition published in Edo period. Contents: An account of the exploits of Ashikaga Yoshiharu 足利義晴, known as Banshōin or Manshōin, during the rebellion of Miyoshi Chōkei in mid-16th century, ending in Yoshiharu''s flight from the capital and his death at the village of Anō in Ōmi province.
Banshōin-dono anōki 萬松院殿穴太記 [万松院殿穴太記]
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- Dates of Creation1662
- Language of MaterialJapanese
- Physical Description1 volume Condition: Good, apart from minor worm damage towards inner margins of maki 下. Fol. 8b of maki 上 missing. Impression: Shozuri or near. Illustrations: 9 single-page sumizuri illustrations, 6 in maki 上, 3 in maki 下. The first, on fol. 3a, has been hand-coloured. Seals of ownership: Square red seal, Rakusei tokiwa Ryūgasan Hōun''in 洛西トキハ竜臥山法雲院 (seal of the Hōun''in, Kyōto), on first and last pages of each maki.
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Acquired by purchase, 2 Feb. 1960.
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Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). C. Japanese works 和書 9. History and biography 歴史・伝記 b. Senki monogatari, including history of specific periods and campaigns 戦記物語 (時代史を含む)
Bibliography
Kokusho sōmokuroku 国書総目録, vol. 6, p. 701; Daijiten 大辞典, vol. 23, p. 576.