Ise monogatari 伊勢物語

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16114.f.24
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1700
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 2 volumes Condition: Good, apart from minor worm damage. Some folios split along fore-edge. Impression: Atozuri, from worn blocks. Illustrations: A total of 30 single-page sumizuri illustrations, 13 in maki 上, 17 in maki 下, depicting scenes from Ise monogatari. Seals of ownership: None. Manuscript notes: Interlinear textual notes in red ink on ff. 1-11 of maki 上.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Noda Yahē, Genroku 13, 1700. Kanki on fol. 30b of maki 下 reads: 元禄十三庚辰初春吉日 野田弥兵衛開板. Description: 2 kan, 2 satsu, in a box. (Maki 上) ff. [1] , 1-2, 4-17, 19-23; (maki 下) ff, [1] , 30. 26.9 x 17.9 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 21 x 16.4 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed dakuten and kutōten. 12 lines to page, 25-27 characters to line. Original mid-blue covers, with original printed title slips, centrally placed. Gedai: Yomikuse keizu (tsunogaki in a circle) Ise monogatari 讀僻系圖 (角書) 伊勢物語. Sub-title following naidai: Keizu narabini yomikuse-iri 系圖並讀僻入. Hashiragaki: Ise jō (ge) いせ上 (下) + folio no. Edition: Later reprint, by a different publisher, of the Nakagawa 中川彦三郎 edition of Genroku 5 (1692). Contents: Punctuated text of Ise monogatari 伊勢物語, with brief genealogical tables at head of each maki.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired at Glendining's sale, London, 22 March 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 a. Early monogatari 古物語

Bibliography

Ise monogatari ni tsukite no kenkyū, hoi hen 伊勢物語に就きての研究・補遺篇, p. 700, pl. 93; Japanese woodcut book illustrations, vol. 1, pp. 293-323.