Harusameshō 春雨抄

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16122.b.24
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1657
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good, apart from minor worm damage in some maki, and a few brown stains. Impression: Slightly atozuri, from blocks worn in places. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Alternative reading of title: Shun'ushō. Author/compiler: Suzuki Shigetsune 鱸重常. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Hasegawa Ichirōbē, Meireki 3, 1657. Kanki on last folio verso of maki 20 reads: 明暦三年五月吉良日 ／ 長谷川市郎兵衛刊行. Description: 10 kan, 20 satsu, in 4 boxs. Each maki in 2 satsu. Folios unnumbered. 26.8 x 19.4 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 23.8 x 18 cm. No borders. No printed hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text without furigana. 12 lines to page, c. 24 characters to line. Original dark blue covers, with original title slips on left. Printed gedai: Harusameshō dai 1 (2, etc.) 春雨抄第一 (二, 等). Title from naidai at head of preface and of each maki. Edition: The only recorded edition of this work. Contents: A dictionary of poetical words and phrases, arranged in iroha order, quoting a wide range of examples of their use in waka and renga poetry. Sources of quotations and names of poets are cited. Kanbun preface on first 2 folios of maki 1, dated Kan'ei 16 (1639) and signed by Hayashi Razan (Dōshun) in the following form: 寛永十六年四月浣羅山子道春撰〓.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by purchase, 14 April 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 c. Renga 連歌

Bibliography

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 5, p. 132.