Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Medokiya Sōhachi, n.d. [late Edo period reprint of an edition originally published c. Enpō-Jōkyō period, 1677-84] . Okuzuke of reprint reads (in part) : 皇都書房 寺町･･･ 蓍屋宗八. Description: 1 kan (of 2 ?), 1 satsu, in a slip-case. ff. 7, 32. 18.9 x 13.4 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 16.5 x 12.5 cm. Single-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin. Minimal text in the form of captions to illustrations, in kanbun. Original yellow covers, with original printed title slip. Gedai: 改正 (角書) 印圖十八道 ／ 金剛界. Title from gedai. Hashiragaki: (ff. 1-7) Jūhachi 十八 + folio no; (ff. 1-32) Kon 金 + folio no. Edition: Editions of Enpō 延宝七年 (1677) and Jōkyō 1 貞享元年 (1684) are recorded. The present copy is clearly a late reprint (18th century) from the original blocks of 1677 or 1684. Contents: A Shingon Buddhist work on symbolic signs made with the hands and fingers. Probably the first maki of a 2-kan work.
Inzu 印圖 [印図]
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 16010.a.26
- Dates of Creation
- after 1684
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Good, apart from stain in upper margins. Impression: Atozuri, from worn blocks. llustrations: Sumizuri woodcuts of hand gestures on every page. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of Sir Ernest Satow, 英國薩道藏書, on first page.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Purchased by the British Museum from Rev. Andrew Patton, Ballymena 7 April 1906.
Other Finding Aids
Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). B. Buddhist works 仏書 9. Shingon sect 真言宗
Bibliography
Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 1, p. 176.