Variant title: Jibun ruijū 事文類聚. Variant title: Kokon jibun ruijū 古今事文類聚. Author/compiler: Zhu Mu 祝穆, compiler of first four sections. Two further sections added in Yuan period by Fu Dayong 富大用. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Genna period, 1615-24] . No colophon. Description: 1 + 6 + 221 kan, formerly in 85 large satsu, now rebound in 14 vols. western style. (1) ff. 3 (preface 序); (2) ff. 25 (general list of contents 総目); (3) 6 kan (detailed list of contents 目録); (4) 221 kan (text 本文). 27.3 x 20.5 cm. Fukurotoji. Movable type. Printing frame 21.5 x 17.7 cm. (average). Double-line borders all round. Fishtail design on hanshin. Vertical rules between columns. Kanbun text without printed kunten. Occasional kutōten added in red ink. 12 lines to page, 19 characters to line. No pre-modern covers retained within western style half-leather binding, hence no title slips or gedai. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: Jibun 事文 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The only movable type edition of this work. Dating to Genna period is confirmed by a manuscript shikigo in one of the two copies in Naikaku Bunko, which bears the date Genna 7, 1621. The type font used in this edition is in part modelled on that used in chokuhan of the Genna period. Contents: Classified encyclopedia, Shiwen leiju, begun by Zhu Mu in the Song, with Yuan additions by Fu Dayong. In 7 sections: 前集 60 kan; 後集 50 kan; 続集 28 kan; 別集 32 kan; 新集 36 kan; 外集 15 kan. In this copy, the preface 序 and 総目 are duplicated at the end of the detailed index 目録 in maki 6 of preliminary volume.
Shinpen kokon jibun ruijū 新編古今事文類聚
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- Dates of Creation[1615-1624]
- Language of MaterialJapanese
- Physical Description14 volumes Condition: Excellent. Minimal worming in first maki, otherwise a clean and undamaged copy. Maki 193, fol. 18-maki 194, fol. 9, have been bound in upside-down. Impression: Mostly clear and sharp, but with some evidence of type wear in places. Seals of ownership: Square red seal, Zui [?] 瑞□, on first page of each former satsu.
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Acquired from Ernest M. Satow, 22 Sept. 1884.
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Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).A. Chinese works 漢籍 1. Encyclopedias 事典・類書
Bibliography
Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, pp. 389, 832, pl. 220; Tenri toshokan kisho mokuroku 天理図書館稀書目録, vol. 2, p. 4; Daitōkyū kinen bunko kichōsho kaidai. 大東急記念文庫貴重書解題, vol. 1, p. 81; Kanseki kaidai 漢籍解題, p. 759.