Asagao 槿

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Saga, near Kyōto, Keichō period, c. 1600-10] . No colophon. All Saga-bon editions of this work are believed to have been published mid-Keichō-early Genna period. 1 kan, 1 jō 帖, in a chitsu case. 10 unnumbered folios. Consists of two thread-sewn sections folded at the spine and sewn together within stiff covers. Tetchō binding. 24.1 x 18.1 cm. Movable type. Printing frame 20.5 x 17 cm. (approx.). No borders. Text printed on both sides of paper. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed fushi (節). 7 lines to page, 13 characters to line. Original thick paper covers (blue), treated with gofun and overprinted with designs of plants in mica (kira-zuri 雲母摺). Text paper (ganpi overprinted with faint mica designs), original title slips on brown tōshi, and printed gedai. No naidai. Titles from gedai. Edition: Saga-bon. Printed on white paper throughout and not on paper of varying colours. Contents: Libretto of a nō play (out of a set of 100 or more) of the Kanze school, pointed for practical use by a chanter.

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Acquired from Kōbunsō 4 April 1960.

Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). C. Japanese works 和書 8. Literature - poetry 国文-詩歌 b. Nō 能

Kōbunsō taika koshomoku 弘文荘待賈古書目, no. 33, p. 49.