Author/compiler: Kanō Einō 狩野永納, also known as Ichiyōsai 一陽齋 and Kyoō 居翁, 1631-97. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Yoshinoya Sōbē, Maruya Genbē, Genroku 6, 1693. Kanki on fol. 25b of last maki reads: 元禄六癸酉年 ／ 十二月吉辰 ／ 吉野屋惣兵衛 ／ 丸屋源兵衛. Description: 5 kan + supplementary maki headed Honchō gain 本朝畫印, formerly in 6 satsu, rebound in 1 satsu Japanese style. (Maki 1) ff. 5 (序), 3 (自序), 3 (hanrei 凡例), 2 (総目録), 7 (本文); (maki 2) ff. 45; (3) ff. 41; (4) ff. 24; (5) ff. 28; (suppl. 本朝畫印) ff. [1] , 25. 22.1 x 15.7 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 18.3 x 14.2 cm. (average). Single-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed okurigana and kaeriten. Batsu on ff. 24-25 of supplementary vol. printed in gyōsho. Hanrei in katakana-majiri. 8 lines to page, 15 characters to line. Renewed dark maroon covers, but retaining original printed title slip. Gedai: 本朝畫史. Naidai similar. Hashiragaki: Honchōga 本朝畫 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The first and only dated pre-Meiji edition published under this title. Preceded by an edition of Genroku 4 (1691) under the title Honchō gaden 本朝畫傳. Contents: The earliest printed history of painting in Japan, comprising a brief introduction on its origins, biographical sketches of 405 artists, and an annotated list of signatures and seals of notable painters in a supplementary volume entitled Honcho gain 本朝畫印. First preface dated Enpō 6 (1678) by Hayashi Gahō 林鵞峰, second preface and batsu by the author, signed Ichiyōsai Kyoō 一陽齋居翁.
Honchō gashi 本朝畫史 [本朝画史]
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- Reference
- GB 59 16108.c.15
- Dates of Creation
- 1693
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Very good. A list of artists' names indexed in Honchō gain 本朝畫印, written in pencil in rōmaji, has been inserted before that maki. The same names are pencilled in upper margins. Impression: Atozuri from moderately worn blocks. Illustrations: One single-page sumizuri woodcut of a garden and teahouse on the first (unnumbered) folio of appendix, Honchō gain. Seals of ownership: Large square red seal, Kairakudō 偕樂堂 (seal of Miyake Yasuyoshi 三宅康保), on first page of each maki.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Acquired from an unknown source, possibly William Anderson (1894?).
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 17. Fine arts 芸術 b. Painting 絵画
Bibliography
Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 2, pp. 40, 312.