Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Genna / Kan'ei period, c. 1615-30] . No colophon. Description: 2 kan, 1 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. 22; (maki 下) ff. 8. 26.4 x 17.8 cm. Fukurotoji. Movable type. Printing frame 22.6 x 15.4 cm. (average). No borders. No fishtail design or title on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with on-kun furigana incorporated in printing type alongside a few kanji. 11 lines to page, 21 characters to line. Renewed pale-buff front cover, printed with diagonal streaks of lighter and darker olour, with added title slip bearing manuscript gedai (mid-Edo period) : 月日のさうし. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: 上 (下) + folio no. only. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: The only known edition with this title and without illustrations. A notable feature of the BL edition is the inclusion of kanji with furigana alongside engraved on the same piece of type (rubi-tsuki ルビ付き). Contents: A popular tale of the Muromachi period (otogi-zōshi).
Tsukihi no sōshi 月日のさうし
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- Dates of Creation[1615-1630]
- Language of MaterialJapanese
- Physical Description1 volume Condition: Fair. Affected by water stains throughout. Minor worm damage in margins of maki 下 repaired by urauchi patching. Some folios split along fore-edge. Impression: Sharp and clear, with only slight signs of type wear. Seals of ownership: None. Manuscript notes: Faint inscription at bottom left of mikaeshi: Tonooka uchi との岡うち.
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Acquisition Information
Acquired from Ernest M. Satow, 22 Sept. 1884.
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 e. Muromachi jidai monogatari 室町時代物語
Bibliography
Muromachi jidai monogatari taisei 室町時代物語大成, vol. 9, pp. 375, 397; Muromachi jidai monogatari-rui genson-bon kanmei mokuroku 室町時代物語類現存本簡明目録, in Shidō bunko ronshū 斯道文庫論集, vol. 1, p. 235; Dai Ei hakubutsukan no kokatsuji-ban 大英博物館の古活字版, in Aoyama gakuin joshi tanki daigaku kiyō 青山学院女子短期大学紀要, no. 22, p. 88; Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 4, p. 310.