Variant title: Shizoku taizen 氏族大全. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [late-Nanbokuchō or Muromachi period, i.e. late-14th-early 15th century] . No colophon. Description: 10 kan, formerly in 6 satsu, now rebound (with maki in incorrect order) in 1 vol. western style. Original division of the work was by the ten 'stems' (jikkan 十干), printed on first page of each maki and supplemented by numerical designation on hanshin of maki 4-10. Thus numbering and foliation are as follows: (satsu 1-甲集, maki 1) ff. 11 (綱目), 57; (satsu 2-乙 + 丙, maki 2-3) ff. 48, 42; (satsu 3-丁 + 戊, maki 4-5) ff. 51, 51; (satsu 4-己 + 庚, maki 6-7) ff. 42, 40; (satsu 5-辛集, maki 8) ff. 57; (satsu 6-壬 + 癸, maki 9-10) ff. 38, 15. 25.3 x 14.8 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 18.4-19.4 x 12.5 cm. Thick, single-line borders all round, apart from double-lines at inner edge of some folios in maki 1. Vertical rules between columns. Fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text without kunten. Headings to each maki and throughout text printed inkoku. 16 lines to page, 28 characters to line. Fawn front cover, old but not original, of satsu 1 only, faintly embossed with a geometrical design. Title slip added mid-Edo period, with manuscript gedai: 氏族大全甲集. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: maki no. (甲, 乙, 丙 (三), 四, 等) + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: Gozan-ban, of which three variants, all printed from the same blocks, are distinguished : (1) earliest impression, without kanki; (2) later impression from the same blocks, with kanki dated Meitoku 4 (1393) inserted after closing title of maki 10. Kanki reads: 明德癸酉八月開板圓成; (3) post-1393 impression, in which the above kanki has been erased from the block. Judging from the worn state of the blocks and absence of kanki in the present copy, it can be assigned to the third of these groups, datable to c. 1400. Contents: A collection of brief biographical notes and incidents in the lives of famous people of the past, arranged under names in rhyme order.
Shinpen haiin zōkō jirui shizoku taizen 新編排韻増廣事類氏族大全
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- Dates of CreationLate 14th century-Early 15th century
- Language of MaterialJapanese
- Physical Description1 volume Condition: Fair to good. Re-backed by urauchi throughout. Some worm damage subsequent to re-backing. In the present binding, maki are incorrectly bound in the following order: 甲, 乙, 丙 (3), 8, 9, 10, 6, 7, 4, 5. Impression: Atozuri, showing considerable block wear. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of Sir Ernest Satow, 英國薩道藏書, on first page of each former satsu. Square red seal, 宗□ on last page of each former satsu. Manuscript notes: Marginal headnotes in black and red, and shubiki and kutōten in red, all dating from the late-Muromachi period. Fol. 41 of maki 3 supplied in manuscript.
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Donated to the British Museum by (Sir) Ernest M. Satow 13 June 1885.
Other Finding Aids
Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).A. Chinese works 漢籍 4. History and biography 歴史•伝記
Bibliography
Gozanban no kenkyū 五山版の研究, pp. 203, 473, pl. 248-51; Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, pp. 73, 78; Daitōkyū kinen bunko kichōsho kaidai 大東急記念文庫貴重書解題, vol. 1, p. 53; Kokuritsu kokkai toshokan shozō kichōsho kaidai 国立国会図書館所蔵貴重書解題, vol. 1, p. 71; Zenpon eifu 善本影譜, series 1, vol. 10.