Korō ikusa monogatari 古老軍物語

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16052.f.25
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1688-1711]
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 6 volumes Condition: Good. A clean copy with minimal worm damage in maki 6 and no stains. Impression: Atozuri, from worn blocks. Illustrations: 69 single-page sumizuri illustrations, chiefly of warlike scenes, distributed as follows: (maki 1) 8, (2) 10, (3) 12, (4) 11, (5) 14, (6) 14. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Korō monogatari 古老物語. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: Kyōto, Hishiya Jihē, n.d. [c. Genroku / Hōei 元禄・宝永 period, 1688-1711] . Kanki on last page of maki 6 reads: 京寺町通松原上ル町 ／ 菱屋治兵衛板. Description: 6 kan, 6 satsu, in a chitsu case. (1) ff. 42; (2) ff. 45; (3) ff. 45; (4) ff. 40; (5) ff. 49; (6) ff. 54. 25.2 x 18.8 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 20.8-21.4 x 16.6-17.2 cm. Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana. 11 lines to page, 20-22 characters to line. Original mid-blue covers, with original printed title slips. Gedai: Korō monogatari 古老物語. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Ikusa monogatari 軍物語 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The only recorded edition was published in Manji 4 万治四年 (1661) by Araki Rihē 荒木利兵衞. Blocks were acquired by Hishiya Jihē (active from Genroku period), who issued the present reprint probably c. Genroku or Hōei period. A copy of the same reprint is in Ōsaka Furitsu Toshokan. Contents: A collection of war tales (gunki monogatari 軍記物語) of unknown authorship.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Shibunkaku, 10 Jan. 1967.

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 9.History and biography 歴史・伝記 b.Senki monogatari, including history of specific periods and campaigns 戦記物語 (時代史を含む)

Bibliography

Tenri toshokan kisho mokuroku 天理図書館稀書目録, vol. 3, p. 404.