Ōsaka monogatari 大坂物語

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.75.f.15
  • Former Reference
    • GB 59 Pr. 27, Pr. 28
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1671
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good, without worm damage or stains. Impression: Atozuri from worn blocks. Illustrations: 10 double-page and 4 single-page sumizuri woodcuts, distributed as follows: (maki 上) 6 double, 1 single; (maki 下) 4 double, 3 single. Some of the double-page illustrations are printed mihiraki, others on recto and verso of the same leaf. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on first and last pages of each maki. Manuscript notes: Notes in Kaempfer's hand on many of the illustrations, identifying notable persons portrayed. Old shelfmarks, Pr: 27 and 28, on title slips.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Yasuda Jūbē, Kanbun 11, 1671. Kango on fol. 38b of maki 下 reads: 世間令流布本殊外謬优有之 ／ 改首帳入令新板者也 ／ 寛文十一辛亥年･･･ ／ 寺町通和泉式部町 ／ 安田十兵衛開板. Description: 2 kan, formerly in 2 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. 39; (maki 下) ff. 38. 257 x 183 mm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 214 x 168 mm. Double-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with dakuten, kutōten and some furigana. 12 lines to page, 22-24 characters to line. Original dark brown covers of both satsu, with embossed design of peony flowers and lattice work. Original title slips on left with printed gedai: 大さか物語并くび帳 上 (下). Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: 大坂物語 上 (下) + folio no. In a western style cloth binding. Contents: A factual account of the siege of Ōsaka castle during two campaigns in winter 1614 and summer 1615, in which Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated Toyotomi Hideyori. The appendix entitled kubichō 首帳 follows the text proper on ff. 32-38 of maki 下.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from the estate of Engelbert Kaempfer by Sir Hans Sloane 1723-1725 and incorporated in the British Museum in 1753.

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 8. Literature - poetry 国文-詩歌 d. Jōruri 浄瑠璃

Bibliography

Tōhoku daigaku fuzoku toshokan betchibon mokuroku 東北大学附属図書館別置本目録, p. 53.