Jakushōdō kokkyō zokushū 寂照堂谷響續集 [寂照堂谷響続集]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 ORB 30/205
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1692]
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good, with only minor wormage, chiefly in margins. Impression: Sharp and clear for the most part, showing little block wear. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of Sir Ernest Satow, 英國薩道藏書, on first page of maki 1.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Kokkyō zokushū 谷響續集 [谷響続集]. Author/compiler: Unshō 運敞, abbot of Chishakuin 智積院 and man of letters, 1614-93. Imprint: N.p., n.d. (preface dated Genroku 4 元禄四年, 1691). No colophon. Description: 2 kan (of 10 ?), 1 satsu, bound in 1 vol. western style. (1) ff. 3 (序), 2 (目録), 39; (2) ff. 3 (目録), 36. 26.3 x 17.2 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 20.7 x 14.7 cm. (average). Double-line borders framing single page. Fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 9 lines to page, 18 characters to line. Light buff front and back covers, probably original, with hand-lettered title slip bearing gedai: 谷響續集一二. Title from naidai. Preface title 谷響續集序. Hashiragaki: Kokkyō zokushū 谷響續集 + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: The only recorded Edo-period edition. Published in two sections: seishū 正集 and zokushū 続集. Seishū was published in Genroku 2 元禄二年 (1689) and zokushū in Genroku 5 (1692). The present copy (zokushū only) contains no kanki, but the preface is dated Genroku 4 (1691). Contents: A zuihitsu work in kanbun recording Unshō's answers to questions put to him by those who visited him after retirement from the Chishakuin 智積院. The work covers topics drawn from Buddhist and popular literature.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Rev. Andrew Patton, Ballymena 7 April 1906.

Other Finding Aids

Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). B. Buddhist works 仏書 1. General works 一般

Bibliography

Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 3, p. 407; Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 1, p. 326; Dai Nihon bukkyō zensho 大日本仏教全書, vol. 149 (modern reprint).