Variant title: Utsubo monogatari 宇津保物語. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: Rakuyō [Kyōto] , Hayashi Izuminojō, Manji 3, 1660. Kanki on fol. 92 at end of satsu 3 is in two parts: (1) date printed on hanshin, (2) publisher and place following last line of text. It reads: (1) 万治三庚子歳仲秋日, (2) 洛陽今出川 林和泉掾開板. Description: 1 kan, 3 satsu, in a box. (Satsu 上) ff. 1-33; (satsu 中) ff. 34-65; (satsu 下) ff. 66-92. 22.4 x 15.7 cm. Blockprint. Printing frame 16.8 x 12 cm. (average). Single-line borders framing each page, not whole folio. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 10 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line. Dark blue covers, badly rubbed, without embossed design. Vestiges of original title slips, centrally placed, on satsu 上 and 中, with printed gedai: う徒ほ物語. Edition: The earliest blockprinted edition, preceded only by three undated movable type editions of Genna / Kan'ei period. Contents: The Tale of the Hollow Tree. A story dating from the late 10th century concerning the legendary life and adventures of Kiyohara (or Kiyowara) no Toshikage 清原俊蔭 and three succeeding generations of his family. There are allusions to this work in Genii monogatari and Makura no sōshi.
Utsuho monogatari うつほ物語
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- Dates of Creation1660
- Language of MaterialJapanese
- Physical Description3 volumes Condition: Fair. Stained and soiled pages in satsu 上. Minor worm damage in all 3 satsu. Impression: Fairly sharp and clear, with evidence of wear on blocks. Illustrations: 12 single-page sumizuri woodcuts, 4 to each satsu. (Satsu 上) ff. 3b, 12a, 22b, 32a; (satsu 中) ff. 37a, 45a, 53b, 63b; (satsu 下) ff. 68a, 76b, 84a, 92a. The illustrations are described in Ryerson Catalogue, p. 46. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal, Fujimoto bunko 藤本文庫, on first page of each satsu. Small circular red seal and square brown seal (inkoku), both undeciphered, on inner back cover of each satsu.
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Acquired by purchase, 8 Sept. 1959.
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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 5.Literature - fiction 国文-小説 a.Early monogatari 古物語
Bibliography
Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 1, pp. 301-4; Kanrodō bunko kikōbon kōran 甘露堂文庫稀覯本攷覽, fol. 13; Descriptive catalogue of Japanese and Chinese illustrated books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago , pp. 45-6.