[Ehon nenjū gyōji] [繪本年中行事] [絵本年中行事]

This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 59 16115.c.7
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1688-1704]
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Fair to good. Illustrations in first maki have been crudely hand-coloured in pastel shades. Folios re-backed by urauchi throughout. Impression: Near-shozuri in maki 1; maki 2-4 are of a much later impression from worn blocks. Illustrations: Double-page sumizuri illustrations in ukiyoe style on every pair of facing folios (mihiraki 見開). Subjects of pictures deal not only with agriculture but with festivals, annual events and all aspects of country and town life. Style strongly influenced by that of Moronobu, who was Ryūsen's teacher. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Yamato kōsaku eshō 大和耕作繪抄. Author/compiler: Ishikawa Ryūsen 石川流宣, ilustrator and possibly also author of text-matter, fl. late-17th century. Imprint: [Edo] , Izutsuya San'emon, n.d. [c. Genroku period, 1688-1704] . Kanki on fol. 13b of final maki reads: 書畫筆工 ／ 大和繪師 ／ 石河流宣圖 ／ 板本 ／ 通油町 ／ 井筒屋三右衛門. Description: Original vermilion front cover of first maki only, with original title slip on left bearing printed (inked over) gedai: 大和耕作繪抄. Edition: This undated edition, almost certainly of Genroku 元禄 period, is the only one recorded. 1-page preface and batsu are both unsigned and undated. Contents: This is primarily a picture book, profusely illustrated (as above) on every page, but with brief descriptive text in the upper quarter of each page, arranged under headings for the four seasons.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Acquired from William Anderson, 13 Feb. 1894.

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 13.Social life, including manuals of behaviour 社会

Bibliography

Descriptive catalogue of Japanese and Chinese illustrated books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago , p. 445; facsimile reproduction in Nihon fūzoku zue 日本風俗図絵, vol. 5, pp. 1-116.