Author/compiler: Tatsuno Hirochika 龍野煕近, 1616-93. Imprint: [Kyōto?] , Kotō Shichirōbē, Genroku 4, 1691. Kanki on fol. 19a of maki 下 reads: 元祿四辛未年 ／ 九月吉日 ／ 古藤七郎兵衛板. Description: 3 kan, formerly in 3 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. 5 (2 prefaces 序), 10; (中) ff. 23; (下) ff. 19. 25.6 x 17.2 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 18-18.5 x 13.6 cm. Single-line borders. Single fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 8 lines to page, 16 characters to line. Renewed yellow front cover of maki 上 only, embossed with design of concentric and interlocking circles. Title slip on left with manuscript gedai: Shintō ketsugihen jō 神道決疑編上. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: 神國決疑編上 (中, 下) + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: First printed edition. Next edition not published until Kyōwa 1, 1801. Contents: A work of Shinto dialectic, asserting the underlying unity between the basic tenets of Shinto, Confucianism and Buddhism.
Shinkoku ketsugihen 神國決疑編 [神国決疑編]
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or.59.b.20
- Dates of Creation
- 1691
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Good, apart from slight water staining and minimal worm damage. Impression: An early impression, showing little sign of block wear. Seals of ownership: None.
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Acquired from Alexander von Siebold, 22 July 1868.
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 2. Religion (excluding buddhism) 宗教 (仏教以外) a. Shinto 神道
Bibliography
Shintō shoseki mokuroku 神道書籍目録, p. 210; Kokugakuin daigaku toshokan shūzō shintō shoseki kaisetsu mokuroku 国学院大学図書館収蔵神道書籍解説目録, vol. 2, pp. 8-9; text reprinted in Nihon shisō tōsō shiryō 日本思想闘諍史料, vol. 4.