Wago tairui 倭語對類 [倭語対類]

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

  • Reference
    • GB 59 16124.b.7
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1682
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 2 volumes Condition: Good. A clean copy, with only minimal worm damage. Impression: Sharp and clear, from slightly worn blocks. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Miyagawa Michisato 宮川道達, also known as Issuishi 一翠子. Imprint: [Kyōto], Kameya Hanzaemon, Nagaharaya Magobē, Tenna 2, 1682. Kanki on fol. 280b reads: 天和貳壬戌年孟冬仲旬 ／ 亀谷半左衛門 ／ 永原屋孫兵衛 ／ 板行. Description: 1 kan, formerly in 5 satsu, now rebound in 2 vols. western style. ff. 13 (preface + mokuroku + hanrei + list of works consulted), 280. 15.3 x 11 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 12 × 9.1 cm. (average). Fishtail design on hanshin. Text in kanji, with printed furigana (katakana). 6 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line. Renewed front covers, one pale blue, one brown, at head of each bound volume. Renewed title slips with manuscript gedai: 倭語對類. Title from naidai at head of preface and mokuroku. Title of hanrei: Mingoshū wago tairui hanrei 眠寤集和語對類凡例. Hashiragaki: Wago 和語 + folio no. Edition: The only recorded edition of this work. Contents: A classified dictionary of words and phrases drawn from Chinese and Japanese literary sources, explained in Japanese, for use in composing haikai poetry. Published as a supplement to the same compiler's Mingoshū 眠寤集 in 2 satsu. This copy lacks Mingoshū. Batsu on ff. 277-280 written by the compiler.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Alexander von Siebold, 22 July 1868.

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 3. Language 言語 a. Dictionaries and script 辞書・字書

Bibliography

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 5, p. 653; Haikai daijiten 俳諧大辞典, p. 737.