Wamyō ruijushō 倭名類聚鈔 [倭名類聚抄]

Author/compiler: Minamoto no Shitagō 源順, 911-83. Imprint: Ōsaka, Shibukawa Seiemon, n.d. [c. Genroku period, 1688-1704?] . Kanki on fol. 31 of maki 20 reads: 書林 ／ 大坂心齋橋筋順慶町 ／ 澁川清右衛門. Description: 20 kan, formerly in 5 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Satsu 1) ff. 3 (preface), 1 (hanrei), 2 (dai 題), 4 (mokuroku), 20, 15 (maki 1-3); (satsu 2) ff. 27, 18 (maki 5-8); (satsu 3) ff. 18, 23 (maki 9-12); (satsu 4) ff. 20, 19 (maki 13-16); (satsu 5) ff. 23, 31 (maki 17-20). 25.8 x 19.3 cm. Fukurotoji. Incomplete copy, lacking maki 4. Blockprint. Printing frame 23 x 17.9 cm. (average). Single-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed kundoku, okurigana and kaeriten in katakana. 13 lines to page (large characters), 22 characters to line. Renewed light tan front cover of satsu 1 only, with renewed title slip on left bearing manuscript gedai: 倭名類聚鈔. Title from naidai. Title at head of hanrei: Shinkoku wamyō ruijushō 新刻倭名類聚鈔. Hashiragaki: Wamyō 和名 + maki no. + folio no. In a modern western style half-leather binding. Edition: An undated edition, later than that of Jōkyō 5 (1688), possibly from blocks recut in Genroku period or a little later. But this copy, judging by impression and quality of paper, was printed at a much later date. Contents: An early Chinese-Japanese dictionary, classified according to meaning, with examples of use drawn from Chinese literary works and with Japanese kun reading indicated in man'yōgana 万葉仮名. Compiled in Jōhei 承平 period, between 931 and 938.

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Acquired from Alexander von Siebold, 22 July 1868.

Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).C. Japanese works 和書 3. Language 言語 a. Dictionaries and script 辞書・字書

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 6, p. 361; Kojisho no kenkyū 古辞書の研究, p. 109.