Tango no kuni Amanohashidate-zu 丹後國天橋立圖 [丹後国天橋立図]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16116.e.6
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1731]
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Generally good. Some worm damage, repaired by urauchi patching. Impression: Shozuri or near. Illustrations: A 6-fold panoramic view of Amanohashidate and surrounding region, competently hand-coloured. Preceded by 3 folds of large calligraphic kanji (daiji 題字). Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Tango yosanoumi amanohashidate no zu 丹後與謝海天橋立之圖 [丹後与謝海天橋立之図]. Author/compiler: Kaibara Ekiken 貝原益軒 named Atsunobu 篤信, 1630-1714 (author of text). Imprint: N.p., n.d. [ Kyōhō 16, 1731 ?] . No colophon. Description: 1 kan, 1 jō 帖, in a box. 3 folds (daiji 題字), 6 folds (illustrations), 15 folds (text). 30.3 x 16.7 cm. Orihon. Blockprint. Printing frame 23.3 cm. (average height). Single-line borders. Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana. 12 lines to each half-fold, 24-26 characters to line. Original pale-buff covers, overprinted with a design in green. Original printed title slip, centrally placed, in an ornamental frame. Title from gedai: [丹] 後國天橋立圖. No naidai, except in the form 丹後與謝海天橋立之圖 at head of first illustrated fold. Edition: This copy closely resembles Aki no kuni Itsukushima shōkeizu 安藝國厳嚴島勝景圖 (16116.e.5) but lacks the inserted slip on yellow paper, giving Ibaraki (Ogawa) Tazaemon's hanmoto and details of the series Fusō meishōzu 扶桑名勝圖. It is likely that this edition also was published in Kyōhō 16 (1731). Contents: An illustrated guide to Amanohashidate in Tango province, one of the three outstanding scenic views of Japan. Descriptive text, although unsigned, is believed to be by Kaibara Ekiken.

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Acquisition Information

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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

Kazō Nihon chishi mokuroku 家蔵日本地誌目録, vol. 1, p. 628; Catalogue of Japanese illustrated books in the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library, p. 101.