Imakiwame dōchū-zuke 今極道中付

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.75.f.7(2)
  • Former Reference
    • GB 59 Pr. Or. 140
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1690
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good. Impression: Slightly atozuri. Illustrations: Small sumizuri vignettes along the lower edge of each page, illustrating scenes on the journey from Edo to Kyōto. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on fol. 3b. Manuscript notes: (1) Note on paper slip pasted on front cover: A Japanese book of roads. (2) Old shelfmark: Pr: Or: 140.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: Edo, Hondoiya Kiemon, Genroku 3, 1690. Kanki on fol. 9a reads: 元禄三年未 (ママ) 正月吉日 ／ 江戸大てんま三町目 ／ 本問屋喜右衛門板. Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, in a box. ff. 9. 134 x 94 mm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 108 x 84 mm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text without furigana. Variable no. of lines to page and characters to line. Original black covers, with original printed title slip which gives some information on contents of the book as well as the following gedai: 今極道中付 ゑ入. No naidai. Title from gedai. Hashiragaki: Dōchū 道中 + folio no. Contents: A short guide for travelers on the Tōkaidō between Edo and Kyōto.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased from the estate of Engelbert Kaempfer by Sir Hans Sloane 1723-1725 and incorporated in the British Museum in 1753.

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

Tōhoku daigaku fuzoku toshokan betchibon mokuroku 東北大学附属図書館別置本目録, p. 53.