Jingi denjuzu 神器傳授圖 [神器伝授図]

Alternative reading of title: Shinki denjuzu. Author/compiler: Tokuriki Yūrin 德力有隣. Imprint: N.p., n.d. (Closing note (kōjo 後序) signed by the compiler is dated Kan'ei 18 (1641). Date and inscription read: 寛永辛巳歳庚子月甲午日 ／ 東武之野人有隣父謹書.). Description: 4 kan, formerly in 4 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. Maki 上 and 下 are each subdivided into 上 and 下. (Maki 上之上) ff. 26; (上之下) ff. [1] , 45, [1]; (下之上) ff. [1] , 34, [1]; (下之下) ff. [1] , 28, 11 (後序). 28 x 19.8 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22.8 x 17.3 cm. (average). No borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 12 lines to page (7 lines in kōjo 後序), 20 characters to line (14 characters in kōjo). Original mid-blue front cover of maki 上 only, with fragment of lower part of original printed title slip. All that remains of gedai is: ･･･ 上之本. Title from naidai at head of each maki: 神器傳授圖. Maki and folio numbers only on hanshin. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: The only recorded Edo-period edition. Contents: A genealogical work showing the lineage of Chinese emperors and many of the imperial princes from legendary times to the end of the Ming period. Table of contents (目録) at head of each maki. Closing note in larger script on last 11 folios is headed: 神器傳授圖後序.

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Acquired from Ernest M. Satow, 22 Sept. 1884.

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 c. Foreign history 外国史