Shittan gushō 悉曇愚鈔

Archive Unit
  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 59 16010.a.11
  • Dates of Creation
      1668
  • Language of Material
      Japanese
  • Physical Description
      1 volume Condition: Very good. A clean copy without worm damage or stains. Impression: Atozuri from badly worn blocks. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Chōzen 澄禪, Shingon monk, d. 1680. Imprint: N.p., Chōzen 澄禪, Kanbun 8, 1668. Original kanki on fol. 51b of maki 下, following batsubun, reads: 于時寛文八戊申秋九月日更應諸徒 ／ 之所請鏤梓矣 ／ 悉曇末葉沙門澄禪 (花押). Later okuzuke (c. 1830-60 ?) on final endpaper reads: 皇都書林 ／ 五條橋通･･･ ／ 澤田文榮堂 ／ 菱屋友七郎. Description: 2 kan, formerly in 2 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. 37; (maki 下) ff. 51. 26.2 x 18.6 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22.2 x 17.4 cm. (average). Single-line borders. Single fishtail design on hanshin. Katakana-majiri text, interspersed with many siddham characters with their reading indicated in furigana. 14 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line. Dark blue front cover of maki 上 and back cover of maki 下, with printed title slip (both contemporary with reprinting). Gedai: 悉曇愚鈔. Title from naidai and gedai. Hashiragaki: Jō 上 (ge 下) + folio no. only. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: The only recorded pre-modern edition. Printed, probably c. Tenpō-Ansei period (1840-60), from the original blocks of Kanbun 8 (1668). Batsubun on fol. 51a of maki 下 is dated Manji 2 万治己亥 (1659). Contents: An introduction to the sounds of Sanskrit and siddham script.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Alexander von Siebold, 22 July 1868.

Other Finding Aids

Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).B. Buddhist works 仏書 9. Shingon sect 真言宗

Bibliography

Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 4, p. 345.