Ikkyū shokoku monogatari 一休諸國物語 [一休諸国物語]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16107.g.35
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1670-1672]
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 5 volumes Condition: Fair. Worm damage and some soiled folios in all 5 kan. Impression: Atozuri from moderately worn blocks. Illustrations: A total of 25 single-page sumizuri illustrations, 5 to each maki. Artist unnamed,. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Shōbē, n.d. [late-Kanbun period, c. 1670-72 ?] . Partial kanki on fol. 20b of maki 5 reads: 寺町 条上ル町 ／ 庄兵衛板. Description: 5 kan, 5 satsu, in a box. (Maki 1) ff. [1] (序), [1] (目録), 20; (2) ff. [1] (目録), 19; (3) ff. [1] (目録), 18; (4) ff. [1] (目録), 18; (5) ff. [1] (目録), 19. 25.7 x 18.5 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 21.9 x 17.2 cm. Single-line borders. Single fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 14 lines to page, 24-26 characters to line. Original light blue covers, with original printed title slips remaining on satsu 1 and 4 only. Gedai: E-iri (tsunogaki) Ikkyū shokoku monogatari 繪入 (角書) 一休諸國物語. Title from mokurokudai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Ikkyū 一休 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The only recorded pre-modern edition. All known copies are undated. Most authorities agree on a publication date c. Kanbun 11-12 (1671-72). Contents: A collection of sayings and anecdotes connected with the eccentric Zen monk Ikkyū Sōjun 一休宗純, 1394-1481, in the course of his journey through the provinces of Japan. This work is generally classed as a kana-zōshi. The identity of the compiler is not known.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Richard Lane, 5 Aug. 1958.

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

Text reproduced, with bibliographical notes, in Kana-zōshi shūsei 仮名草子集成, vol. 3, pp. 301-400, 502-5.