Edo ryōrishū 江戸料理集

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16027.d.37
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1674
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 3 volumes Condition: Good. Minor worm damage (repaired by urauchi) in maki 1, 4 and 5. Some folios slightly stained. Impression: Atozuri from moderately worn blocks. Illustrations: Only maki 5 contains illustrations: sumizuri woodcuts showing the slicing and preparation of fish and fowls for the table, on ff. 49-57. Seals of ownership: Small oblong red seal, Shūsuitei 拾翠亭, on first page of maki 2, 3, 4 and 6.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Ryōrishū 料理集. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Suzuki Tahē, Enpō 2, 1674. Kanki on fol. 57b of maki 6 reads: 延寶二甲寅年五月吉旦梓 ／ 鈴木太兵衛刋行. Description: 6 kan, 3 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 1) ff. 23; (2) ff. [1] (目録), 23; (3) ff. 1-4, 5 / 10, 11-60; (4) ff. 38; (5) ff. [1] (目録), 57; (6) ff. 3 (目録), 1, 2 / 3, 4-57. 21.8 x 15.1 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 17.1 x 12.1 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text without printed furigana. 10 lines to page, c. 20 characters to line. Original grey covers, with original printed title slips on left. Gedai: Edo (tsunogaki) ryōrishū 江戸 (角書) 料理集 + abbreviated contents of each satsu. No naidai. Hashiragaki: Ryōri 料理 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The only Edo-period edition. This is of the Enpō 2 edition, but is a made-up set (toriawase-bon) of which maki 5 is printed on whiter paper and comes from a different set from the others. Contents: A manual of cookery in the Edo style, the most detailed and comprehensive of its kind.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Kōbunsō, 14 April 1970.

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 18.Amateur arts 諸芸 b.Cookery 料理

Bibliography

Kōbunsō taika koshomoku 弘文荘待賈古書目, no. 36, p. 72.