Author/compiler: Manase Gensaku 曲直瀨玄朔, also known as Dōsan II 道三 (二代), 1549-1631. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [early Kan'ei period, c. 1624-34 ?] . Printed oku on fol. 45b of maki 下 reading: 道三在判 ／ 慶長十二丁未早春 does not indicate the date of publication of this edition. See under Edition below. Description: 2 kan, 1 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. [1] (mokuroku 目録), 54; (maki 下) ff. [1] (目録), 45. Oblong format. 12.7 x 19.3 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint (not printed from movable type, as might appear at first sight). Printing frame 11 x 18-18.4 cm. Single-line borders, with fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun and katakana-majiri text, with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 13 lines to page, 11 characters to line. Original covers missing. In a western style half-leather binding. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: Tenshōki jō (ge) 天正記 上 (下) + folio no. Edition: According to Kokusho sōmokuroku 国書総目録 and to Kinsei kanpō igakusho shūsei 近世漢方医学書集成, vol. 6, p. 22, the first edition was printed from movable type and published in Keichō 12 (1607). There is convincing evidence that this is incorrect. Dated copies in Seikidō Bunko and Kyōdai (Fujikawa Bunko) indicate that the earliest surviving edition is the one with kanki dated Kan'ei 4 寛永四年 (1627), and that a movable type edition of Keichō or Genna period may never have existed. The present copy almost certainly belongs to the Kan'ei 4 (1627) edition, although it lacks that part of folio 45b which might have shown the Kan'ei 4 kanki. This part appears to have been erased from the block, perhaps deliberately in order to give the impression that the book belongs to an earlier edition published in Keichō 12 (1607). Contents: An account of Japanese medicine during the Tenshō period (1573-92), with details of diagnoses made and prescriptions used by Manase Gensaku between Tenshō and Keichō periods.
Igaku tenshōki 醫學天正記 [医学天正記]
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or.59.aa.9
- Dates of Creation
- [1607-1627]
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Fair. A few brown stains and slight damage to mokuroku and first 3 folios of maki 上, and to last 3 folios of maki 下, repaired by urauchi. Impression: Not shozuri, but for the most part sharp and clear. Seals of ownership: Three large red seals on first page of text of maki 上, one of which reads Igaku tosho 醫學圖書 (seal of the Igakukan 醫學館); the second reads Taki-shi zōshoin 多紀氏藏書印 (seal of the Taki family of physicians); and the third Seijuden shojakuki 躋壽殿書籍記 (also seal of Taki family). Manuscript notes: Numbers above section headings in mokuroku of each maki and throughout the text are in red, apparently handwritten.
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Acquisition Information
Acquired from Ernest M. Satow, 22 Sept. 1884.
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 15. Medicine 医学
Bibliography
Kinsei kanpō igakusho shūsei 近世漢方医学書集成, vol. 6, pp. 5-210 (facsimile reproduction of the Kan'ei 4 (1627) edition).