Ise monogatari eshō 伊勢物語繪抄 [伊勢物語絵抄]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16114.f.22
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1693
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good, except for a few stains and soiled folios. Impression: Atozuri, from moderately worn blocks. Illustrations: A total of 35 small sumizuri woodcuts, one in the top left-hand corner of each page, illustrating scenes from Ise monogatari. Artist: the compiler. Seals of ownership: One oval black seal (unidentified) on first page of text.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Namura Jōhaku 苗村丈伯, also known as Sōdenshi 艸田子, Sankei 三徑, and other gō, fl. late-17th century. Imprint: Edo, Izutsuya Chūzaemon; Ōsaka, Akitaya Ichibē; Kyōto, Daimonjiya Shichirōbē, Genroku 6, 1693. Author statement and kanki on fol. 64b read: 雒陽處士 ／ 艸田子 三徑 ／ 圖讃 ／ 元禄六年 ／ 癸酉孟春吉日 ／ 江戸芝神明前 井筒屋忠左衛門 ／ 大坂真齋橋筋秋田屋市兵衛 ／ 京押小路橘町 大文字屋七郎兵衛. Description: 1 kan (of 3), 1 satsu, in a box. Incomplete copy: maki 下 only (maki 上 and 中 missing). ff. 47-64. 27.2 x 18.8 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 23 x 16.7 cm. Single-line borders, within which vertical and horizontal rules divide commentary and illustrations (above) and main text (below). Single white fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 12 lines to page, variable number of characters to line. Plain white under-covers, lacking original top layer of coloured paper. No title slip, no gedai or naidai. Title from hashiragaki: Ise monogatari eshō 伊勢物語繪抄 + folio no. Edition: The only Edo-period edition. Contents: Text of Ise monogatari 伊勢物語 in lower part of each page, with illustrations and brief textual commentary by Namura Jōhaku in the form of headnotes above.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from 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 kenkyūshi no kenkyū 伊勢物語研究史の研究, pp. 165-6; Ise monogatari ni tsukite no kenkyū, hoi hen 伊勢物語に就きての研究・補遺篇, p. 701; Japanese woodcut book illustrations, vol. 1, pp. 181-93.