Taiheiki taizen 太平記大全

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  • Reference
      GB 59 16052.f.23
  • Dates of Creation
      1659
  • Language of Material
      Japanese
  • Physical Description
      2 volumes Condition: Good. A clean copy, with only a few minor stains and soiled leaves. Impression: Atozuri, printed from moderately worn blocks. Illustrations: Copiously illustrated with sumizuri woodcuts, single-page and a few double-page printed on recto and verso of the same folio, in a simple and unsophisticated style, uncluttered with excessive detail. Number of illustrations varies between 2 and 12 in each satsu. Seals of ownership: None. Stamp of a kashihon'ya, Kishigo 岸五, of Matsumae 松前 in Esashi, Hokkaidō, has been impressed on first and last pages of each satsu.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Nishi Dōchi 西道智, kokugaku scholar and historian. Imprint: N.p., Manji 2, 1659. Kanki on last folio of maki 40 reads: 萬治貳己亥年 ／ 仲夏吉辰板行之. Description: 1 + 40 kan, 50 satsu (maki 10, 14, 16, 17, 24, 26, 33, 35 and 39 are each divided into two satsu, 上 and 下). (Satsu 1) ff. 16 (目録), 33 (Tsurugi no maki 劍巻); (satsu 2 maki 1) ff. 83; (3) ff. 74; (4) ff. 59; (5) 62; (6) 45; (7) 73; (8) 84; (9) 103; (10) 100; (11) 1-60 (maki 10 上); (12) 61-127 (maki 10 下); (13) 66; (14) 111; (15) 92; (16) 1-82 (maki 14 上); (17) 83-151 (maki 14 下); (18) 99; (19) 1-85 (maki 16 上); (20) 86-157 (maki 16 下); (21) 1-97 (maki 17 上); (22) 98-153 (maki 17 下); (23) 117; (24) 89; (25) 75; (26) 100; (27) 60; (28) 39; (29) 1-35 (maki 24 上); (30) 36-128 (maki 24 下); (31) 96; (32) 1-80 (maki 26 上); (33) 81-158 (maki 26 下); (34) 77; (35) 74; (36) 93; (37) 91; (38) 88; (39) 92; (40) 1-64 (maki 33 上); (41) 65-129 (maki 33 下); (42) 86; (43) 1-38 (maki 35 上); (44) 39-136 (maki 35 下); (45) 86; (46) 73; (47) 105; (48) 1-53 (maki 39 上.); (49) 54-120 (maki 39 下); (50) 58. 27 x 19.7 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22.7 x 17.2 cm. (average). Double-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri (text of Taiheiki 太平記) alternating with passages in katakana-majiri (commentary), both with printed furigana and kutōten. 12 lines to page (text 本文), 15 lines to page (commentary 注釈); 22-24 characters to line. Original dark blue covers, with original printed title slips. Gedai: 太平記大全. Naidai at head of each maki (目録 and 本文) : Taiheiki 太平記; at head of commentary in maki 1: Taiheiki taizen 太平記大全. Hashiragaki: 太平記大全 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The only recorded Edo-period edition. Contents: Standard text of the Taiheiki 太平記 alternating with passages of detailed commentary by Nishi Dōchi.

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Rinrōkaku, 4 Jan. 1960.

Other 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 5. Literature - fiction 国文-小説 d. Gunki monogatari 軍記物語