Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Edo] , Chōkōdō, Genroku 2, 1689 Kanki on fol. 1lb of maki 下 reads: 峕元禄二年己巳正月良辰 書肆武陽 ／ 畫工 某圖之 ／ 長岡堂 梓板. Description: 2 kan, 2 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 上) ff. 12; (maki 下) ff. 11. 27.1 x 18.5 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22.3 x 16.9 cm. (average). Single-line borders, with internal vertical and horizontal rules framing text and illustrations on each page. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana and dakuten. Variable number of lines to page and characters to line. Original mid-blue covers with original printed title slip, centrally placed, remaining on maki 上 only. Gedai: Gachū (tsunogaki) ezu no hayashi 畫註 (角書) 繪圖のはやし. Title from naidai at head of preface in maki 上. Hashiragaki: E jō (ge) ヱ上 (下) + folio no. Edition: The only Edo-period edition. Contents: Primarily a picture book, intended probably as a manual for teaching drawing and painting, with brief notes on the personages illustrated.
Ezu no hayashi 繪圖の林 [絵図の林]
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- Dates of Creation1689
- Language of MaterialJapanese
- Physical Description2 volumes Condition: Generally good. Some soiled and stained folios, and marginal worm damage (repaired). Impression: Shozuri or near. Illustrations: Inset sumizuri illustrations, 1 to 4 per page, on every page except those containing preface and batsu. The woodcuts depict incidents from the lives of Chinese and Japanese monks and sages, including a frontispiece (tobira-e) showing the Sixteen Arhats (Jūroku rakan 十六羅漢). Artist not identified by name in the kanki. Seals of ownership: Large square red seal, Kimura bijutsu sōsho no in 木村美術叢書之印, on first page of maki 上 and 下.
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Acquired from Isseidō, 26 Feb. 1969.
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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 17. Fine arts 芸術 c. Book illustration 絵本・絵入本