Setsuyō gundan 攝陽群談 [摂陽群談]

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  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 59 16113.e.31
  • Dates of Creation
      1701
  • Language of Material
      Japanese
  • Physical Description
      17 volumes Condition: Generally good. Worm damage in several maki and soiled folios in mak 1. Impression: Sharp and clear, shozuri or near. Illustrations: A few single-page sumizuri woodcuts scattered through the work, but only in maki 3-9. Artist, according to colophon, Ueki Shōzō 植木庄藏. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal, printed inkoku, Kidō bunko 鬼洞文庫, on first page of all maki except no. 1. Square red seal (unidentified) on first page of all maki except no. 17. Also, square black stamp, Nakagawa 中川, on all first pages.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Okada Keishi 岡田徯志. Imprint: Ōsaka, Izumiya Iemon; Kyōto, Ikeuchi Jihē; Edo, Masuya Gorōemon, Genroku 14, 1701. Unusually detailed okuzuke on unnumbered folio at end of maki 17 reads: 元禄十四辛巳季夏開板 ／ 摂州大坂中之嶋和泉屋伊右衛門 ／ 城州京三条姉小路池内次兵衛 ／ 武州江戸日本橋南一丁目升屋五郎右衛門 ／ 彫工大坂眞齊橋筋五郎右衛門 ／ 畫工天滿大工町植木庄藏 ／ 加筆大坂西高津町小西次郎右衛門 ／ 加筆大坂中之嶋山縣甚助 ／ 同 同所林且右衛門 ／ 同 同所鱸常三 ／ 摂西陳人岡田氏陸助誌之 ／ 印印. Description: 17 kan, 17 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 1 上) ff. 1-5 (序), 6-7a (自序), 7b-10 (目録), 1-20 (本文); (maki 1 下) ff. 27; (maki 3) ff. 1, 52; (maki 4) ff. 1, 36; (5) ff. 1, 24; (6) ff. 1, 15; (7) ff. 36; (8) ff. 35; (9) ff. 76; (10) ff. 1, 45; (11) ff. 1, 73; (12) ff. 1, 82; (13) ff. 44; (14) ff. 1, 62; (15) ff. 1, 35; (16) ff. 1, 29; (17) ff. 1, 32, [3] (batsu + okuzuke). 22.8 x 16 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 19 x 13.9 cm. (average). Single-line borders. Single fishtail design on hanshin. Chiefly katakana-majiri text, interspersed with passages in kanbun and hiragana-majiri. 11 lines to page, 18-20 characters to line. Original buff covers, with original printed title slips on left and additional square slips, centrally placed, with printed contents of each maki. Gedai: 攝陽群談. Title from gedai and naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: 摂陽群談 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: First edition). Contents: An account, drawn from various sources, of the history, topography and products of Settsu 攝津 province. First preface, printed in large semi-cursive script, signed by Kikuchi Shinzaburō 菊池新三郎. Second preface written and signed by the compiler. Batsu dated Genroku 14 (1701) on two unnumbered folios following fol. 32 of maki 17.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Japan Publications T. C., 18 Dec. 1962.

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 10. Geography and topography 地理・地誌 a. Regional geography and topography 地方地誌

Bibliography

Kohan chishi kaidai 古版地誌解題, pp. 120-3; Kazō Nihon chishi mokuroku 家蔵日本地誌目録, vol. 1, p. 209.