Variant title: Tamamo no mae monogatari たまもの前物語. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Nishida Shōbē, Jōō 2, 1653. Kanki on fol. 17a of maki 下 reads: 承應二年三月吉辰 ／ 西田庄兵衛開板之. Description: 2 kan, 2 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 上) ff. 25; (maki 下) ff. 17. 25.8 x 17.2 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 19.1 x 14.9 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 10 lines to page, c. 20 characters to line. Mid-blue covers, possibly original, with damaged title slip on maki 下 only. Gedai: たまもさうし. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Tama jō (ge) 玉上 (下) + folio no. Edition: First edition. Contents: A tale of the Muromachi period (Muromachi jidai monogatari 室町時代物語), formerly classed as an otogi-zōshi.
Tamamo no sōshi たまものさうし
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- Dates of Creation1653
- Language of MaterialJapanese
- Physical Description2 volumes Condition: Fair. Some folios soiled and stained. Book has been re-backed by urauchi throughout, strengthening fore-edges but leaving damaged portions at lower corners of ff. 21-22 of maki 上 and fol. 14 of maki 下. Fol. 18b of maki 上 is missing. Book cropped at upper and lower edges. Worm damage in upper margins. Impression: Atozuri from worn blocks. Illustrations: A total of 13 single-page sumizuri illustrations, 5 in mak 上 , 8 in maki 下. Seals of ownership: Large square red seal on mikaeshi of maki 上: 行啓紀念大國文庫藏書.
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Acquired from Rinrōkaku, 29 July 1964.
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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 e.Muromachi jidai monogatari 室町時代物語
Bibliography
Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 4, p. 192; Nihon bungaku shoshi 日本文学書誌, p. 706; Nihon bungaku shoshi 日本文学書誌K, vol. 4, p. 62; Kana-zōshi 仮名草子, vol. 1, p. 29; text reprinted in Muromachi jidai monogatari taisei 室町時代物語大成, vol. 9, pp. 58-79.