Yūshō ressen zenden 有象列仙全傳 [有象列仙全伝]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.64.c.1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1650
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good. A few folios stained, but no worm damage. Impression: A sharp, early impression, near-shozuri. Seals of ownership: Four oblong red seals on first page of each maki: (1) Takahashi zōsho 高橋藏書 (seal of Takahashi Tonan); (2) Randaisō 蘭臺倉; (3) Yamazaki-shi zōsho 山崎氏藏書 (seal of Yamazaki Tomoo 山崎知雄, kokugakusha, 1798-1861); (4) Kōbundō 好文堂. The latter seal appears also on the last page of each maki.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Wang Shizhen 王世貞, 1526-93. Text revised and published (in China) by Wang Yunpeng 汪雲鵬. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Fujita Shōemon , Keian 3, 1650. Kanki on fol. 21b of maki 9 reads: 慶安三歳次庚寅季秋初六日刋行 ／ 寺町通三条上町 藤田庄右衞門. Description: Original mid-blue front cover of satsu 1 only, with faint embossed design. Original printed title slip on left bearing gedai: Yūshō (tsunogaki) ressen zenden 有象 (角書) 列仙全傳. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: The only known Japanese edition of this work. Japanese edition of a Chinese work, not to be confused with the more commonly found Chinese work Liexianchuan 列仙傳. Contents: Brief lives of 497 Chinese 'immortals', including legendary figures, philosophers, poets, etc. Japanese edition of a Chinese work of the same title.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Acquired from William Anderson, 13 Feb. 1894.

Note

Another copy of no. 49 above, differing from it only in the following respects

Other Finding Aids

Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).A. Chinese works 漢籍 4. History and biography 歴史•伝記

Bibliography

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 6, p. 271; Block printing and book illustration in Japan, p. 38.