Kawachi kagami meishoki 河内鑑名所記

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16107.g.23
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1679
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 6 volumes Condition: Generally good, apart from minimal worm damage in maki 1, water stains and soiled corners. Impression: Clear and sharp, not far from shozuri. Illustrations: A total of 71 single- and double-page sumizuri illustrations, the majority showing panoramic views of temples, shrines and historic sites in Kawachi province. Distribution of illustrations: (maki 1) 10; (maki 2) 10; (3) 10; (4) 15; (5) 12; (6) 14. Seals of ownership: Two oblong red seals, Okada Tadashi no zōsho 岡田眞之藏書, and Shūhō bunko (or Akimine bunko) 秋峰文庫, on first page of each maki. Manuscript notes: Date (first month, Man'en 2, 1861) 萬延二年 ／ 西正月吉日, on mikaeshi of maki 1. Place names, signatures, and part of mokuroku copied on mikaeshi and back endpaper of maki 3 and 5.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Kawachi no kuni meisho kagami 河内國名所鑑 [河内国名所鑑 ]. Variant title: Kawachi meishoki 河内名所記. Author/compiler: Sanda Jōkyū 三田淨久, 1608-88. 三田 may also be read Mita. Imprint: Rakuyō [Kyōto] , Nishimura Shichirōbē, Enpō 7, 1679. Kanki on last folio of maki 6 reads: 延寶七年己未七月吉日 ／ 洛陽書林章藏堂 ／ 西村七郎兵衛正光開板. Description: 6 kan, 6 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 1) ff. 2 (序), 1-2a (目録), 2b-32; (2) ff. 2 (目録), 3-21; (3) ff. 1 (目録), 2-30; (4) ff. 1 (目録), 2-26; (5) ff. 2 (目録), 3-33; (6) ff. 2 (目録), 3-37, 2 (跋). 27.5 x 19.1 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22 x 16.1 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with a few printed furigana and dakuten. 11 lines to page, 24-26 characters to line. Original dark brown covers with damaged remains of original printed title slips on left. Gedai: E-iri (tsunogaki) Kawachi kagami meishoki 繪入 (角書) 河内鑑名所記. Title at head of preface: 河内國名所記. Mokurokudai: 河内名所記. No naidai at head of main text. Hashiragaki: Kawachi kagami 河内鑑 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The only recorded pre-modern edition. Contents: An illustrated guide to places of historic interest in the province of Kawachi, written by a native of the province who was also an accomplished haikai and kyōka poet. This accounts for the large number of such poems quoted in the text, including five by Saikaku. The names of the 260 poets whose works are quoted appear in a list on ff. 33-37 of maki 6. The work opens with a 2-folio preface by Kitamura Kigin 北村季吟 and ends with a 2-folio batsu signed by Okanishi Ichū 岡西惟中, dated Enpō 7 (1679). This is the earliest known guide to Kawachi province.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Kōbunsō, 14 April 1958.

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

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 2, p. 46; Kazō Nihon chishi mokuroku 家蔵日本地誌目録, vol. 1, p. 193; Kohan chishi kaidai 古版地誌解題, pp. 108-10; text reprinted in Kinsei bungei sōsho 近世文芸叢書, vol. 2, pp. 324-410.