Author/compiler: Asai Ryōi 淺井了意, d. 1691. (The attribution to this author is uncertain.). Imprint: [Kyōto] , Yoshinoya Gonbē, Kanbun 5, 1665. Kanki on last folio of maki 24 reads: 寛文五年乙巳五月吉日 ／ 柳馬塲通二条下ル町 ／ 吉野屋權兵衛板。. Description: 24 kan, 12 satsu, in a box. (2 kan to each satsu.) (Satsu 1) ff. 4 (序品), 2 (惣目録), 4 (maki 2); (satsu 2) ff. 20, 6 (maki 3-4); (3) ff. 15, 20 (maki 5-6); (4) ff. 5, 40 (maki 7-8); (5) ff. 7, 16 (maki 9-10); (6) ff. 3, 12 (maki 11-12); (7) ff. 11, 37 (maki 13-14); (8) ff. 10, 5 (maki 15-16); (9) ff. 32, 5 (maki 17-18); (10) ff. 10, 23 (maki 19-20); (11) ff. 9, 4 (maki 21-22); (12) ff. 35, 8 (maki 23-24). 27.5 x 19.1 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 21 x 16 cm. (average). Single line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 12 lines to page, 24-26 characters to line. Original mid-blue covers, many badly rubbed, with original printed title slips (some damaged). Gedai: 大倭二十四孝 + titles of 2 stories in each. No naidai, except at head of sōmokuroku: 日本廿四孝惣目録. Hashiragaki: 日本廿四孝 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: A late impression of the first edition, published in Kanbun 5 (1665). According to Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 6, pp. 85-6, this edition was first published by Matsunaga Iemon 松永伊右衞門 of Kyōto; the blocks were then taken over by Karasuma Sekitokudō 烏丸積德堂 (Kyōto), who published a reprint retaining the Kanbun 5 date but deleting the Matsunaga hanmoto; finally the blocks were acquired by Yoshinoya 吉野屋, who published a further reprint dated Genroku 11 (1698). The present copy, however, appears to be a Yoshinoya edition published earlier than Genroku 11 and retaining the printed date Kanbun 5, 1665. Contents: A collection of stories, based on the Chinese 二十四孝, telling of the lives of 23 persons famed for their filial piety, drawn from Japanese history and literature.
Yamato nijūshi kō 大倭二十四孝
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 16052.f.14
- Dates of Creation
- 1665
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 12 volumes Condition: Generally good, except for minor worm damage (confined to upper margins) and brown stains in maki 1-2. Impression: Atozuri, printed from blocks showing considerable signs of wear. Illustrations: A total of 127 single-page sumizuri illustrations, attributed traditionally (but doubtfully) to Yoshida Hanbē 吉田半兵衞. The pictures are distributed as follows: (maki 2) 3, (maki 3-4) 10, (5-6) 13, (7-8) 13, (9-10) 9, (11-12) 7, (13-14) 17, (15-16) 6, (17-18) 14, (19-20) 11, (21-22) 6, (23-24) 18. Seals of ownership: Small square black seal, Ya 彌, and small circular black seal, Tomi 富, on first page of each satsu.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
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Acquisition Information
Acquired from Richard Lane, 19 Nov. 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 f. Kana-zōshi 仮名草子
Bibliography
Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 6, pp. 85-6; Katei bunko mokuroku 霞亭文庫目録, pp. 32-3 (describing a copy with the Karasuma 烏丸 imprint).