Tawara Tōda monogatari 俵藤太物語

Archive Unit
  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 59 16107.c.54
  • Dates of Creation
      [1624-1644]
  • Language of Material
      Japanese
  • Physical Description
      2 volumes Condition: Good. A clean copy, but with some worm damage (unrepaired). Impression: Atozuri, from heavily worn blocks. Illustrations: A total of 17 sumizuri woodcuts in primitive style, characteristic of early 17th century; 7 (single-page) in maki 上 and 10 (also single-page) in maki 下. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Kan'ei period, 1624-44] . No colophon. Description: 2 kan, 2 satsu, in a wrap-around case of thin board. (Maki 上) ff. 34; (maki 下) ff. 32. 25.9 x 18.1 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 17.8 x 15.2 cm. (average). No borders or vertical rules. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with dakuten but no furigana. 10 lines to page, 16-20 characters to line. Renewed covers (mid-Edo period ?) of grey paper, with renewed title slips on left. Printed gedai: 俵藤太物語 (in kaisho on satsu 上, in gyōsho on satsu 下). No naidai. Title from gedai. Hashiragaki: Tōta jo (ge) とうた上 (下) + folio no. Edition: First edition, undated but generally attributed to Kan'ei period (1624-44). Contents: A tale of the Muromachi period, generally classed as otogi-zōshi, centred on the life and exploits of Fujiwara no Hidesato 藤原秀鄕 (=Tawara Tōda).

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Kiuchi Shoten, 11 May 1959.

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 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. 202; Nihon bungaku shoshi 日本文学書誌K, vol. 4, p. 53; text reprinted in Muromach jidai monogatari taisei 室町時代物語大成, vol. 9, pp. 142-72.