[Nengōhyō] [年號表] [年号表]

This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.75.f.27
  • Former Reference
    • GB 59 Pr. Or. 146
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1688
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Generally good. Impression: Shozuri or near. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on reverse side. Manuscript notes: Handwritten notes in cursive Japanese on reverse side. Romanised transcriptions of names in black, and equivalent dates in the western calendar in red, all in Kaempfer's own hand. Note in a different hand on a paper slip pasted to back cover: List of Japanese Emperors from 1166 to 1692 A. D. Old shelfmark, Pr: Or: 146, on first fold.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N. p., n.d. [Genroku 1, 1688 ?]. No kanki. Description: A miniature folding book (orihon) in a box. 84 x 44 mm. (each half-fold). Blockprint. Printing frame 67 mm. (height). Single-line border along lower edge. Text in kanji and katakana. Original dark blue covers, with gold painted design of flowering plants on back cover. No title slip; no gedai; no naidai. Edition: Printed dates end at Jōkyō period (1684-1688), hence date of publication is likely to be Jōkyō 5 (=Genroku 1), 1688. Contents: A list of era names, duration and number of years prior to Kanbun 12 (1672) of all Japanese nengō (year periods) from Eiryaku 1 永暦元年 (1160) to Jōkyō period (1684-88). Also included are the names of emperors, horoscope information in kanji, with readings in katakana, and a measuring scale in sun 寸 and bu 分 along the upper edge.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

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.