Shōzaishū 匠材集

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.59.aa.6
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1624-1644]
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good, apart from minor worm damage, chiefly in margins. Impression: Atozuri, from heavily worn blocks. Printed on thin paper. Seals of ownership: None. Manuscript notes: Brief 41 / 2-line note on orthography is written on mikaeshi of satsu 1.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Satomura Jōha 里村紹巴, 1527-1602. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [c. Kan'ei period, 1624-44] . Batsu dated Keichō 2 (1597) on page following fol. 48 of maki 4 does not refer to the date of publication but of completion of the work. This batsu ends: 慶長二年三月上旬 ／ 法眼 ／ 紹巴. Description: 4 kan, formerly in 2 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 1) ff. 1 (preface), 2-63; (2) ff. 47; (3) ff. 57; (4) ff. 48, [1] . 13.3 x 19.7 cm. (oblong format). Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 12 x 19 cm. (average). No borders. No vertical rules, even at hanshin. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text (gyōsho script), with few printed furigana. 10-11 lines to page, 10-12 characters to line. Original grey-green front covers of satsu 1 and 2, without title slips. Manuscript gedai (early Edo period) : 匠材集 天 (地). Title from naidai at head of text in each maki. Hashiragaki: Shōzai 匠材 + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: An undated blockprint, probably published in Kan'ei period (1624-44). Dated editions printed from blocks were published in Kan'ei 3 (1626), Kan'ei 15 (1638) and Keian 4 (1651). All editions, movable type and blockprints, contain the batsu signed by Jōha 紹巴 and dated Keichō 2 (1597), noted above. Contents: A dictionary of words and short poetic phrases for use in composing renga poetry, arranged in iroha order.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Ernest M. Satow, 22 Sept. 1884.

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 7. Literature - poetry 国文-詩歌 c. Renga 連歌

Bibliography

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 3, p. 343; Wataya bunko renga haikaisho mokuroku 綿屋文庫連歌俳諧書目録, p. 5.