Zōeki iroha zatsuin 増益伊呂波雜韻 [増益伊呂波雑韻]

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  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 59 Or.59.aa.4
  • Dates of Creation
      1685
  • Language of Material
      Japanese
  • Physical Description
      1 volume Condition: Excellent. Impression: Shozuri or near. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, probably 18th century: MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on fol. 1a. Manuscript notes: A book from the Kaempfer Collection, with Sloane's pressmark Pr: Or: 128 and the words 'Tonic Dict. [ionary] ' written on the title slip. A note pasted on the front cover reads: 'A Chinese Japanese Dictionary, arranged according to the Iro fa or Syllabary of the Japanese. ' Also, a few brief notes in Kaempfer's handwriting appear on the inner front cover (mikaeshi).

Scope and Content

Variant title: Zōji iroha in 増字以呂波韻. Variant title: Iroha zatsuin 以呂波雜韻. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N. p., Jōkyō 2, 1685. Kanki on fol. 52b of maki 下 reads: 貞享二乙丑歳五月下旬壽梓. Description: 3 kan, 1 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. 54; (中) ff. 50; (下) ff. 52. 194 x 133 mm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 165-170 x 120 mm. Single-line borders with single fishtail design on hanshin. Vertical and horizontal rules dividing each page into 64 squares. Kanji and katakana, with on and kun readings. 8 lines to page, 8 large kanji to line. Original dark blue covers, with original printed title slip on left, within western style cloth binding. Gedai: Shinpan kaisei (tsunogaki) zōji iroha in 新版改正 (角書) 増字以呂波韻. Title from naidai of maki 上. Naidai of maki 中 and 下: Zōeki iroha in 増益以呂波韻. Hashiragaki: Zōeki iroha maki jō (chū, ge) 増益以呂波巻上. (中, 下) + folio no. Edition: Blockprinted editions of Iroha zatsuin (with slight differences of title) were published in Kanbun 4 (1664), Enpō 2 (1674), Enpō 8 (1680), Jōkyō 2 (1685), Jōkyō 5 (1688), Genroku 6 (1693), Genroku 7 (1694), etc. The present copy therefore belongs to the 4th edition. Most editions have a phrase denoting 'enlarged edition' such as Zōho 増補, Zōeki 増益 or Zōji 増字 prefixed to the title as tsunogaki 角書. Contents: A dictionary of tone and rhyme, similar to Shūbun inryaku 聚分韻略, with kanji arranged in iroha order of kun readings.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from the estate of Engelbert Kaempfer by Sir Hans Sloane 1723-1725 and incorporated in the British Museum in 1753.

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 8. Literature - poetry 国文-詩歌 d. Jōruri 浄瑠璃

Bibliography

Tōhoku daigaku fuzoku toshokan betchibon mokuroku 東北大学附属図書館別置本目録, p. 53.