Author/compiler: Okamoto Ippō 岡本一抱. Imprint: N. D., Genroku 4, 1691. Kanki on fol. 33b of maki 10 reads: 峕元禄四辛未歳正月良辰. Description: 10 kan, 10 satsu, in a box. (Maki 1) ff. 2 (序), 31; (2) ff. 29; (3) ff. 37; (4) ff. 34; (5) ff. 33; (6) ff. 37; (7) ff. 29; (8) ff. 33; (9) ff. 30; (10) ff. 33. 25.6 x 18.1 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 17 x 14 cm. (average). Single-line borders. Single black fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 10 lines to page, 22-24 characters to line. Original mid-blue covers with printed title slips, but lacking the tsunogaki (角書) Kamakura Saimyōji-dono 鎌倉最明寺殿 which is present on the original Genroku 4 edition. Gedai: 北條時頼記. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: Jirai ichidaiki 時頼一代記 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: A very late printing of the first and only recorded edition of this work. Contents: A quasi-historical biography of Hōjō Tokiyori 北條時賴, 1227-63, based on actual and legendary events in his life. The work has traditionally been classed as an ukiyo-zōshi story. Other works on the life of Tokiyori include a jōruri play, a kurohon, a yomihon and a kabuki kyakuhon.
Hōjō jiraiki 北條時賴記 [北条時頼記]
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- Dates of Creation1691
- Language of MaterialJapanese
- Physical Description10 volumes Condition: Good. A clean copy, apart from a few soiled folios in maki 1. No worm damage. Impression: Atozuri, from blocks showing considerable wear. Illustrations: A total of 40 sumizuri illustrations, 30 single-page and 10 double. Each maki contains 3 single-page and 1 double-page woodcuts, the latter being the first in each case. Seals of ownership: Square red seal, Urushiyama bunko 漆山文庫, on mikaeshi of each maki. Also a kashihon'ya stamp in a circular frame, reading Tajima / Nakaya Jinzaemon / Yushima 但馬 ／ 仲屋甚左衛門 ／ 湯嶋 on first page of each maki, with a note by the kashihon'ya on each final page.
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Acquired through Japan Publications T. C., 18 Dec. 1962.
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Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). C. Japanese works 和書 9. History and biography 歴史・伝記 e. Biography 伝記
Bibliography
Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 5, p. 432.