Tōryū chanoyu ryūdenshū 當流茶之湯流傳集 [当流茶之湯流伝集]

Archive Unit
  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 59 16115.f.10
  • Dates of Creation
      1694
  • Language of Material
      Japanese
  • Physical Description
      3 volumes Condition: Good, apart from minor worm damage (some repaired). Impression: Atozuri, from worn blocks. Illustrations: Numerous sumizuri woodcuts throughout the work, similar in subject matter to those in Chanoyu hyōrin 茶湯評林 (q. v.). Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Endō Genkan 遠藤元閑, also known as Kōchōken 廣長軒. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Genroku 7, 1694] . Batsu on last folio verso of maki 6 reads: 元禄七甲戌 ／ 六月十八日 ／ 廣長軒 元閑 ／ 敬跋之. Description: 6 kan, 3 satsu, in a box. (Satsu 1) ff. 36 (maki 1), 32 (maki 2); (satsu 2) ff. 31 (maki 3), 41 (maki 4); (satsu 3) ff. 30 (maki 5), 20 (maki 6), [2] (batsu). 22.5 x 16 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 18.2 x 14.4 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text with some furigana. 11 lines to page, 18-22 characters to line. Original light fawn covers, with original printed title slips. Gedai: 當流茶之湯流傳集. Title from gedai, mokurokudai and naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Ryūden 流傳 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The only dated edition, published originally by Izumiya Mohē 和泉屋茂兵衞 in Kyōto. This copy, without hanmoto, is a later impression. Contents: A treatise on the cult of tea: its teahouses, gardens, flower arrangements, equipment, etc.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired at Glendining's sale, London, 22 March 1956.

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 18. Amateur arts 諸芸 a. Tea ceremony 茶道

Bibliography

Text reprinted in Kadō kosho shūsei 花道古書集成, vol. 2.