Taka sanbyakushu 鷹三百首

Archive Unit
  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 59 16100.c.11
  • Dates of Creation
      1636
  • Language of Material
      Japanese
  • Physical Description
      1 volume Condition: Fair to good. Minor worm damage in upper margins and some water-stains. Impression: Atozuri from worn blocks. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Teika-kyō taka sanbyaku-shu 定家卿鷹三百首. Author/compiler: Unknown, but traditionally attributed to Fujiwara no Sadaie (Teika) 藤原定家, 1162-1241. Imprint: N.p., Kan'ei 13, 1636. Kanki on fol. 49b reads: 寛永拾三丙子年正月日. Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, in a chitsu case. ff. 49. 27 x 17.6 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22.5 x 16.1 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text without furigana. 11 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line. Original dark blue covers with original printed title slip. Gedai: 定家卿鷹歌 三百六十首. Title from naidai at head of text. Hashiragaki: Taka 鷹 + folio no. x. Edition: First and only pre-modern edition. Contents: An anthology of 300 (according to title slip, 360) waka poems on falconry.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Rinrōkaku, 15 June 1970.

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 7.Literature - poetry 国文-詩歌 b.Waka 和歌