Rōshi kensai kōgi 老子鬳齋口義 [老子鬳斎口義]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 ORB 30/164
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1629
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Very good. Minimal worm damage to first 12 leaves. Impression: Near-shozuri, but with some over-inking, causing an uneven impression. Seals of ownership: None. Manuscript notes: Kutōten and shubiki 朱引 in red ink throughout text, also a few headings and textual notes in upper margins, all dating probably from late-Edo period. One-line shikigo, dated Tenpō 14 (1843) but unsigned, on outer edge of mikaeshi, recording that the book had been read and studied in that year.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Lin Xiyi 林希逸, also known as Juanzhai 鬳齋. Imprint: N.p., Kan'ei 6, 1629. Kanki reads: 寛永六己巳歳正月吉日 新刋開. Description: 2 kan, formerly in 2 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (上) ff. 41; (下) ff. 44. 28 x 17.6 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint, modelled on a movable type edition. Printing frame 21.2 x 15.5 cm. Double-line borders all round. Vertical rules between columns. 'Flower petal' fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 9 lines to page, 18 characters to line. Original brown front cover of satsu 上 only. No title slip or gedai. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: Rōshi kōgi 老子口義 jō 上 (ge 下) + folio no. Edition: Kokatsujiban no kenkyū distinguishes four kokatsuji editions, all undated, two published in Keichō and two in Genna period. The present copy bears some resemblance in its hanshiki to the 9-line Genna edition but there are obvious differences, and this is clearly an unrecorded blockprinted edition. None of the movable type editions has printed kunten. Contents: Explanatory lectures on the Daode-jing 道德經 of Laozi.

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).A. Chinese works 漢籍 3. Philosophy, including confucianism and taoism 哲学(儒教・道教を含む)

Bibliography

Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, pp. 391, 833, pl. 237-9, 843-4; Kokusho sōmokuroku 国書総目録, vol. 8, p. 166.