Author/compiler: Kojima Tsuneya (or Jōya) 小島常也. Imprint: Kyōto, Kosaji Yozaemon; Edo, Takemura Yasubē; Hiroshima, Ishinuma Kahē, Genroku 15, 1702. Kanki on fol. 17b of last maki reads: 元禄十五壬午三月上旬 ／ 書林 ／ 京･･･ 小佐治与三右衛門 ／ 江戸･･･ ／ 武村安兵衛 ／ 廣嶋･･･ ／ 石沼嘉兵衛. Description: 4 kan, formerly in 4 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (1) ff. [1] (目録), 13; (2) ff. [1] (目録), 19; (3) ff. 23; (4) ff. 1 (目録), 2-17. This appears to be an incomplete copy containing maki 4-7 only. The first maki has had the original numeral erased at head of mokuroku, head of text and in bidai (尾題), and the figure 1 (巻第一) substituted in manuscript. Similarly, in the 3 kan which follow, the original numerals have been erased and maki nos. 2, 3, and 4 written in by hand. On the hanshin these maki are numbered 4, 5, 6 and 7.Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 19 x 14.4 cm. (average). Single-line borders. Single fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana. 11 lines to page, 22-25 characters to line. Original light blue front cover of maki 1 only, with original printed title slip. Gedai in gyōsho / sōsho: 嚴嶋道芝記 御嶋廻. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Itsukushimaki 嚴嶋記 + maki no. (4-7) + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: The only recorded blockprinted edition. This was the earliest work to be published at Hiroshima. Contents: The earliest known local history and topography of Itsukushima (Miyajima 宮島). The work opens with a history and description of the shrine. This is lacking from the present copy, which begins with the section O-shimameguri 御嶋廻, indicating that this copy comprises maki 4-7 only.
Itsukushima michishiba no ki 嚴嶋道芝記 [厳島道芝記]
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 16054.e.9
- Dates of Creation
- 1702
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Fair to good. Some folios water-stained, but no worm damage. Impression: Atozuri, from moderately worn blocks. Illustrations: A total of 17 sumizuri woodcuts, single- and double-page, distributed as follows: (maki 4) 2 double (mihiraki), 4 single; (maki 5) 5 single; (maki 6) 2 single, 1 double (recto and verso of same folio); (maki 7) 3 single. Seals of ownership: Circular black seal with 本鐵 in centre surrounded by the 12 cyclical signs, and oval black seal, also 本鐵, on first page of each maki.
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Acquired from Trübner and Co., 15 July 1878.
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. 695; Kurita bunko zenpon shomoku 栗田文庫善本書目 (Nihon shoshigaku taikei 日本書誌学大系, vol. 8), p. 155.