Ise monogatari 伊勢物語

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16114.f.26*
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1696
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good. No worm damage and few soiled or stained folios. Impression: Atozuri, from worn blocks. Illustrations: A total of 29 sumizuri illustrations; 1 double-page frontispiece and 13 single-page in maki 上, 15 single-page in maki 下. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N.p., Genroku 9, 1696. Publisher's name and place not stated. Partial kanki on fol. 32a reads: 元禄丙子九歳正月. Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, in a box. Maki 下 only. 27.2 x 18.9 cm. Condition: Good, apart from minor worm damage and stains on fore-edge of leaves. Edition: This is an example of the Genroku 9 (1696) edition lacking publisher's name and place of publication. Contents: Plain text of Ise monogatari 伊勢物語, punctuated to facilitate reading.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Acquired at Glendining's sale, London, 22 March 1956.

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 5. Literature - fiction 国文-小説 a. Early monogatari 古物語

Bibliography

Ise monogatari ni tsukite no kenkyū, hoi hen 伊勢物語に就きての研究・補遺篇, p. 701, pl. 96: Japanese woodcut book illustrations, vol. 1, pp. 195-225.