Tsubo no ishibumi 壺の石文

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16124.d.30
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1698
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 3 volumes Condition: Generally good. Impression: Atozuri from worn blocks. Illustrations: A total of 30 single- and double-page sumizuri illustrations, distributed as follows: (satsu 1) 7 single, 7 double; (satsu 2) 6 single, 8 double; (satsu 3) 4 single, 8 double. Also a number of smaller in-text sumizuri sketches in satsu 3. Artist not named, but illustrations are attributed to Ishikawa Ryūsen 石川流宣. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Edo] , Shōkai Sanshirō, Genroku 11, 1698. Kanki on last folio of satsu 3 reads: 元禄十一歳戊寅二月朔旦 ／ 長谷川町 ／ 御書肆松會三四郎板. Description: 13 kan, 3 satsu (originally published in 13 satsu), in a box. (Satsu 1) ff. 3 (hanrei), 22, 17, 17, 18, 18; (satsu 2) ff. 20, 26, 23, 18; (satsu 3) ff. 19, 30, 27, 26. 22.3 x 15.6 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 17.5 x 14.3 cm. (average). No borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana and dakuten. 12 lines to page, 22-24 characters to line. Original mid-blue covers, with original printed title slips on left. Form of gedai (mixture of kanji and kana) differs in all 3 satsu. Gedai of satsu 1: つほの碑上. No general naidai, only of each component work. No hashiragaki except abbreviated title of component works + folio no. Edition: The only pre-modern edition of this work. Contents: A collection of 8 anonymous works of advice and instruction for women on etiquette and moral conduct. Titles of individual works are listed in Kokusho sōmokuroku 国書総目録.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Transferred from the British Museum in 1973 / 74.

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 13. Social life, including manuals of behaviour 社会

Bibliography

Descriptive catalogue of Japanese and Chinese illustrated books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago , p. 87.