Variant title: Waka kimyōdan 和歌奇妙談. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Hattori Kyūbē, Genroku 2, 1689. Kanki on fol. 21b of maki 5 reads: 元禄二年己巳潤 (ママ) 正月下旬 ／ 洛陽堺町通 ／ 書林 服部九兵衛開板. Description: 5 kan, 5 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 1) ff. 16; (2) ff. 17; (3) ff. 19; (4) ff. 20; (5) ff. 21. 22.4 x 16.2 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 18.6 x 14.3 cm. Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana. 10 lines to page, 18-20 characters to line. Original dark blue covers, with original printed title slips centrally placed. Gedai: 和歌威德物語. Title from naidai and gedai. Hashiragaki: Waka 和哥 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: First and only edition recorded in Kokusho sōmokuroku 国書総目録, apart from undated copies. Contents: A blend of waka poetry and monogatari fiction, consisting of collected anecdotes from earlier times demonstrating the efficacy of waka poetry in making friendships, furthering love affairs and even in pleasing the gods.
Waka itoku monogatari 和歌威德物語
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 16100.c.26
- Dates of Creation
- 1689
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 5 volumes Condition: Very good. A clean copy with minimal worm damage and little soiling. Impression: Shozuri or near. Illustrations: A total of 24 single-page sumizuri woodcuts, distributed as follows: (maki 1) 5; (maki 2) 4; (maki 3) 5; (maki 4) 5; (maki 5) 5. Artist unknown. Seals of ownership: One square red seal (unidentified) on first page of each maki.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Acquired from Richard Lane, 5 Aug. 1958.
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 7.Literature - poetry 国文-詩歌 b.Waka 和歌
Bibliography
Text reprinted in Waka itoku monogatari 和歌威徳物語 (Koten bunko 古典文庫, vol. 399).