Author/compiler: Fayun 法雲, Chinese monk, 1088-1158. Imprint: N.p., Kan'ei 5, 1628. Kanki following batsu on fol. 58b of maki 7 reads: 維時寛永五戊辰仲冬上旬. Description: 7 kan, 7 satsu, in a slip-case. (1) ff. 2, 2 (序), 59; (2) ff. 57; (3) ff. 51; (4) ff. 55; (5) ff. 59; (6) ff. 62; (7) ff. 58. 27.7 x 19.4 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22.5 x 17.8 cm. (average). Single-line borders. 6 vertical rules between alternate columns. 'Flower petal' fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed okurigana, kaeriten and kutōten. 12 lines to page (double width for characters forming headings), 20 characters to line. Original chestnut-brown covers, with original printed title slips. Gedai: 飜譯名義集. Title from naidai at head and tail of each maki. Hashiragaki: Hon'yaku 翻譯 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The earliest edition of this work was a Gozan-ban published in Nanbokuchō period (14th century). Two undated movable type editions followed in Keichō (1596-1615) and Kan'ei (1624-44) periods. The present copy belongs to the first blockprinted edition to be published in the Edo period, and the first to contain reading marks. Contents: A collection of names and terms taken from Sanskrit Buddhist literature, transliterated from the Sanskrit into Chinese script, with a detailed explanation of each in kanbun. Terms arranged according to categories. This is Fayun's version of the original dictionary entitled Mahāvyutpatti.
Hon'yaku myōgishū 飜譯名義集 [翻訳名義集]
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- Dates of Creation1628
- Language of MaterialJapanese
- Physical Description7 volumes Condition: Very good, apart from minimal worm damage (repaired). Impression: Atozuri, from considerably worn blocks. Seals of ownership: None.
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Acquired from James Troup, 21 May 1919.
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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 1. General works 一般
Bibliography
Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 10, p. 214; Gozanban no kenkyū 五山版の研究, p. 444; Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, p. 779; Bonkan taiyaku bukkyō jiten: hon'yaku myōgi taishū 梵漢対訳仏教辞典・翻訳名義大集.