Author/compiler: Tokushō 得勝, also known as Bassui Tokushō 拔隊得勝, Zen monk. 1327-87. Imprint: N.p., Kan'ei 3, 1626. Place of publication not named, but according to Kokatsujiban no kenkyū (p. 771) this was a bōkoku-bon 坊刻本 (a non-monastic, commercial publication). Kanki on fol. 36b of maki 下 reads: 寛永丙寅林鐘日 板開. Description: 3 kan, 1 satsu (originally in 3 satsu), in a blue chitsu case. (Maki 上) ff. 38; (中) ff. 49; (下) ff. 36. 28.5 x 20.3 cm. Fukurotoji. Movable type. Printing frame 23.2 x 17.1 cm. Single-line borders, with 'flower petal' fishtail design on hanshin. Katakana-majiri text without furigana. 10 lines to page, 20 characters to line. Dark brown covers, not original but renewed possibly in mid-Edo period. No title slip or gedai. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: Wadei 和泥 jō 上 (chū 中, ge 下) + folio no. Edition: The earlier of two movable type editions (1626 and 1627) in which the size of the katakana is as large as the kanji: a rare feature. These two editions were preceded by a Gozan-ban blockprint dated Shitoku 3 至徳三年 (1386), of which the original blocks still survive. Contents: Zen teachings and responses to questions of Zen doctrine by the Rinzai master Bassui Tokushō, founder of the Kōgakuji 向嶽寺 branch of the Rinzai sect at Enzan 鹽山 in Yamanashi-ken. Tokushō's dicta were recorded by his disciples and printed during his lifetime.
Enzan wadei gassuishū 鹽山和泥合水集 [塩山和泥合水集]
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- Dates of Creation1626
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- Physical Description1 volume Condition: Fair, except for slight worming and brown staining along upper part of ff. 1-20 (maki 上). Impression: Clear on the whole, but type shows signs of wear in places. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of Okada Tadashi, 岡田眞之藏書, on first page of maki 上.
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Acquired from Gyokueidō, Feb. 1978.
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Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).B. Buddhist works 仏書 11. Zen sect 禅宗
Bibliography
Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 1, p. 330; Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, pp. 342, 491, 771, pl. 139.