Hōjō godaiki 北條五代記 [北条五代記]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16055.c.28
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1697
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good, apart from water stains in maki 1-3 and 7. Impression: Fairly sharp and clear, with only slight block wear. Illustrations: 21 double-page sumizuri illustrations, 3 to each maki, in typical ko- jōruri style with figures of large size, often with bulging eyes. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal in double frame, Kanga bunko 閑雅文庫 (seal of Satake Yoshimichi 佐竹義路), on first page of text. Manuscript notes: Date in black ink on back cover: 明治三年 [=1870] 午九月朔日.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Author of primary work was Miura Jōshin 三浦淨心, 1565-1644. Imprint: [Edo] , Urokogataya Magosaburō, Genroku 10, 1697. Kanki on last page of maki 7 reads: 元禄十年正月吉日 ／ 大傳馬三町目 ／ うろこかたや孫三郎板. Publisher's name is printed at the end of each maki, sometimes in the form 鱗形屋開板. Description: 7 kan, 1 satsu, protected by a loose wrap-around case. (1) ff. 14; (2) ff. 14; (3) ff. 14; (4) ff. 14; (5) ff. 14; (6) ff. 14; (7) ff. 14. First and fourth folios of each maki are numbered 初二 and 五六 respectively. 21.3 x 15.1 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 17.2 x 12.4 cm. (average). Single-line borders. Hanshin blocked in black at top and bottom, but no fishtail design. Hiragana-majiri text (kana predominating), printed in a densely-packed cramped style of script, characteristic of shirami-bon 虱本. 16 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line. Original vermilion covers, now partially oxidised, with embossed hexagonal pattern. No title slip. Manuscript gedai: 北条五代記 元禄うろこかたや刋 完. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Hōjō 北条 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The only Edo-period edition of this work in ko-jōruri 古浄瑠璃 form. Contents: A ko-jōruri shōhon 古浄瑠璃正本 (playbook for chanting, containing a certified jōruri text) derived from Miura Jōshin's historical narrative of the same title.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from William Anderson, 13 Feb. 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 8. Literature - poetry 国文-詩歌 d. Jōruri 浄瑠璃

Bibliography

Katei bunko mokuroku 霞亭文庫目録, p. 279.