Author/compiler: Kurokawa Dōyū 黒川道祐, physician and Confucian scholar, also known as Gen'itsu 玄逸 and Bairin 梅林, d. 1691. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Mohē, Kahē, Jōkyō 3, 1686. Kanki on fol. 58b of maki 10, preceding hoi 補遺, reads: 貞享三丙寅年九月吉日 ／ 二条通小川西入町 ／ 書林 ／ 茂兵衛 ／ 加兵衛 ／ 仝板. Description: 10 kan, formerly in 10 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 1) ff. 1-8 (3 prefaces 序, the third being by the author + 凡例 + 目録), [6] (maps of areas west and east of Kamogawa 賀茂川), 9-30; (maki 2) ff. 27; (3) ff. 29; (4) ff. 47; (5) ff. 56; (6) ff. 38; (7) ff. 39; (8) ff. 47; (9) ff. 31; (10) ff. 64. 26.8 x 19.1 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22.3 x 15.8 cm. (average). Single-line borders, with fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 14 lines to page, 22 characters to line. Pale fawn front cover of maki 1 only, with printed title slip on left. Gedai: 雍州府志. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: same as naidai and gedai + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: Possibly the earliest pre-modern edition. Contents: Local history and topography of the former province of Yamashiro 山城, now a part of Kyōto prefecture (京都府). In structure, the work is patterned on the Chinese Ming gazetteer 大明一統志 The title too is a deliberate imitation from the Chinese Yongzhou 雍州 (here equivalent to Yamashiro), an old province in northwest China; and the work is in kanbun throughout.
Yōshū fushi 雍州府志
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 16084.d.2
- Dates of Creation
- 1686
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Very good. Minimal worm damage (repaired) in upper margins. Impression: Generally sharp and clear. Blocks show only moderate signs of wear. Illustrations: Two continuous sumizuri picture maps of regions adjacent to the Kamo River, one headed 賀茂川以西圖 and the other 賀茂川以東圖, are printed on 6 unnumbered folios preceding main text of maki 1. Both are hand-coloured. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal (undeciphered) on first page of each maki.
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Acquired from Trübner and Co., 15 July 1878.
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 10. Geography and topography 地理・地誌 a. Regional geography and topography 地方地誌
Bibliography
Kazō Nihon chishi mokuroku 家蔵日本地誌目録, vol. 1, p. 107; Kohan chishi kaidai 古版地誌解題, p. 69; Shinshū Kyōto sōsho 新修京都叢書, vol. 10.