[Hasshu gafu] [八種畫譜] [[八種画譜]]

Author/compiler: Huang Fengchi 黃鳳池 (maki 2-4, 6-8), Tang Yin 唐寅 (maki 1), and Zhang Baiyun 張白雲 (maki 5). Illustrator: Not named, but the illustrations are believed to have been prepared for block-cutting by Huang Fengchi and Zhang Baiyun. Imprint: N.p., n.d. Kanki lacking. [Kyōto, Tōhon'ya Seibē; Edo, Tōhon'ya Tahē, Kanbun 12, 1672, 寛文十二壬子年五月吉日 ／ 京･･･ 唐本屋清兵衛 ／ 江戸･･･ 唐本屋太兵衛 開刋] (quoted from kanki appended to the maki entitled Meikō senpu 名公扇譜, reproduced in Edo jidai shoki eiri-bon hyakushu 江戸時代初期絵入本百種, p. 126). Description: 8 kan, 8 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. (western style). (Maki 1) Kokon gafu 古今畫譜, ff. [1] , 50; (2) Mokuhon kachō fu 木本花鳥譜, ff. 2, [1] , 48; (3) Sōhonka shifu 草本花詩譜, ff. [1] , 3, 50; (4) Baichiku rangiku shifu 梅竹蘭菊四譜, ff. [1] , 2, 50; (5) Meikō senpu 名公扇譜, ff. [1] , 50; (6) Gogon tōshi gafu 五言唐詩畫譜, ff. [1] , 3, 3, 51; (7) Rokugon tōshi gafu 六言唐詩畫譜, ff. [1] , 3, 3, 50; (8) Shichigon tōshi gafu 七言唐詩畫譜, ff. [1] , 3, 3, 51. 30.5 x 21.5 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame variable. Single-line borders without printed hanshin, except on preface to maki 7 and 8. No fishtail design. Chinese text without reading marks. Chiefly illustrations, with prefaces and endnotes. Pale blue front cover of maki 1 only, with printed title-slip (both original), within western-style half-leather binding. Gedai of maki 1: Kokon gafu 古今畫譜. Titles from naidai. Edition: The only known pre-Meiji Japanese edition of a set of eight Chinese works first published in 1620 and 1621 by Qinghuizhai 清繪齋 and Jiyazhai 集雅齋, respectively, of Suzhou province (蘇州). The complete set of eight kan is commonly known by the collective title Hasshu gafu, but this title does not appear anywhere in the book. The order of publication of component maki is uncertain, but it seems likely that maki 6, 7, 8, and 4 of the BL copy (listed under Description above) were published first, in 1620, followed by maki 2, 3, 1 and 5 in 1621. The colophon is usually found at the end of maki 5. The BL copy has therefore been bound in an arbitrary order. Contents: Blockprinted copies of Chinese paintings, with some accompanying text, depicting flowering plants, birds and flowers, landscapes, fan paintings and illustrations to Tang poems. Each maki contains elaborate prefaces and endnotes. This work was of seminal importance for its influence on Japanese artists of the nanga and Kanō schools in the late-17th and 18th centuries.

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Acquired from William Anderson, 13 Feb. 1894.

Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). A. Chinese works 漢籍 10. Fine and amateur arts 芸術・諸芸

Ehon no kenkyū 絵本の研究, pp. 34-5; Edo jidai shoki eiri-bon hyakushu 江戸時代初期絵入本百種, pp. 126, 194; Descriptive catalogue of Japanese and Chinese illustrated books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago , pp. 71-2; The illustrated books of the Nanga, Maruyama, Shijo and other related schools of Japan: a biobibliography, pp. 289-90.