Tamamo no sōshi たまものさうし

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16107.h.11
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1653
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 2 volumes Condition: Fair. Some folios soiled and stained. Book has been re-backed by urauchi throughout, strengthening fore-edges but leaving damaged portions at lower corners of ff. 21-22 of maki 上 and fol. 14 of maki 下. Fol. 18b of maki 上 is missing. Book cropped at upper and lower edges. Worm damage in upper margins. Impression: Atozuri from worn blocks. Illustrations: A total of 13 single-page sumizuri illustrations, 5 in mak 上 , 8 in maki 下. Seals of ownership: Large square red seal on mikaeshi of maki 上: 行啓紀念大國文庫藏書.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Tamamo no mae monogatari たまもの前物語. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Nishida Shōbē, Jōō 2, 1653. Kanki on fol. 17a of maki 下 reads: 承應二年三月吉辰 ／ 西田庄兵衛開板之. Description: 2 kan, 2 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 上) ff. 25; (maki 下) ff. 17. 25.8 x 17.2 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 19.1 x 14.9 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 10 lines to page, c. 20 characters to line. Mid-blue covers, possibly original, with damaged title slip on maki 下 only. Gedai: たまもさうし. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Tama jō (ge) 玉上 (下) + folio no. Edition: First edition. Contents: A tale of the Muromachi period (Muromachi jidai monogatari 室町時代物語), formerly classed as an otogi-zōshi.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Rinrōkaku, 29 July 1964.

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 e.Muromachi jidai monogatari 室町時代物語

Bibliography

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 4, p. 192; Nihon bungaku shoshi 日本文学書誌, p. 706; Nihon bungaku shoshi 日本文学書誌K, vol. 4, p. 62; Kana-zōshi 仮名草子, vol. 1, p. 29; text reprinted in Muromachi jidai monogatari taisei 室町時代物語大成, vol. 9, pp. 58-79.