Ezu no hayashi 繪圖の林 [絵図の林]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16114.e.57
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1689
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 2 volumes Condition: Generally good. Some soiled and stained folios, and marginal worm damage (repaired). Impression: Shozuri or near. Illustrations: Inset sumizuri illustrations, 1 to 4 per page, on every page except those containing preface and batsu. The woodcuts depict incidents from the lives of Chinese and Japanese monks and sages, including a frontispiece (tobira-e) showing the Sixteen Arhats (Jūroku rakan 十六羅漢). Artist not identified by name in the kanki. Seals of ownership: Large square red seal, Kimura bijutsu sōsho no in 木村美術叢書之印, on first page of maki 上 and 下.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Edo] , Chōkōdō, Genroku 2, 1689 Kanki on fol. 1lb of maki 下 reads: 峕元禄二年己巳正月良辰 書肆武陽 ／ 畫工 某圖之 ／ 長岡堂 梓板. Description: 2 kan, 2 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 上) ff. 12; (maki 下) ff. 11. 27.1 x 18.5 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22.3 x 16.9 cm. (average). Single-line borders, with internal vertical and horizontal rules framing text and illustrations on each page. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana and dakuten. Variable number of lines to page and characters to line. Original mid-blue covers with original printed title slip, centrally placed, remaining on maki 上 only. Gedai: Gachū (tsunogaki) ezu no hayashi 畫註 (角書) 繪圖のはやし. Title from naidai at head of preface in maki 上. Hashiragaki: E jō (ge) ヱ上 (下) + folio no. Edition: The only Edo-period edition. Contents: Primarily a picture book, intended probably as a manual for teaching drawing and painting, with brief notes on the personages illustrated.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Isseidō, 26 Feb. 1969.

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 17. Fine arts 芸術 c. Book illustration 絵本・絵入本