Author/compiler: Uncertain, but the preface is signed by Shurakuken 酒樂軒, probably a gō 号 used by the bookseller Nishimura Ichirōemon 西村市郎右衞門. Nishimura was also known as Shōshōshi Mitatsu 嘯松子未達. Imprint: Edo, Nishimura Hanbē, Kyōto, Nagata Chōbē, Jōkyō 3, 1686. Kanki on last page of maki 4 reads: 貞享參歳 ／ 寅仲春吉辰日 ／ 洛下錦小路通 永田長兵衛 ／ 江戸神田新革屋町 ／ 西村半兵衛 ／ 彫梓. Description: 4 kan, formerly in 5 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Satsu 1) ff. 2 (序), 4 (目録); (satsu 2 maki 1) ff. 16; (3 maki 2) ff. 16; (4 maki 3) ff. 15; (5 maki 4) ff. 16. 221 x 156 mm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 184 x 136 mm. (average). Single-line borders all round. Fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana. 10 lines to page (main text), 21-25 lines (commentary), variable no. of characters to line. Dark brown front cover of satsu 1 only, renewed late-Edo period, with manuscript gedai: 好色伊勢物語 壹. Original printed title slips of satsu 1, 2, 3 and 4 have been pasted on to mikaeshi and on to blank sheets inserted at head of maki 1, 2 and 3. They read: 首書俗註 (tsunogaki in a circle) 好色伊勢物語. Naidai and gedai identical. Hashiragaki: Ise イセ + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: First edition of this work, re-issued in Genroku 7 (1694) in 4 kan under the title Ikuno no sōshi 生野廼草紙. Contents: Ukiyo-zōshi tales and anecdotes of the pleasure quarters in Edo and Kyōto, written as a pastiche on Ise monogatari, imitating its style and form in a late-17th century setting. Explanatory notes are printed in smaller script above the main text, in the manner of Kashiragaki Ise monogatari 頭書伊勢物語 published in the previous year.
Kōshoku Ise monogatari 好色伊勢物語
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 Or.75.g.3
- Dates of Creation
- 1686
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Very good, apart from a few stains, mostly in margins. Impression: An early impression, sharp and clear. Illustrations: Single- and double-page sumizuri illustrations, similar to those in printed editions of Ise monogatari, in maki 1, ff. 2b-3a, 6a, 9b, 13a, 15b; in maki 2, ff. 2b-3a, 6b, 9a, 12b, 15b; in maki 3, ff. 2b-3a, 6b, 10a, 13b; in maki 4, ff. 2b-3a, 6a, 8b, 11a and 14b. Artist unknown. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of Sir Ernest Satow, 英國薩道藏書; small circular red seal, half yōkoku, half-inkoku, Shikitei 式亭 (seal of Shikitei Sanba 式亭三馬); small oblong red seal, Kōbundō 好文堂; small oblong black seal, Saka 佐嘉; and small circular black seal (unidentified). All the above on first page of each satsu. Also a small oblong red seal, 明治五改, followed by 酉, on first page of maki 1-4. Manuscript notes: Note by Shikitei Sanba dated Bunka 1 (1804), recording the acquisition of this book from Okadaya Kashichi, on endpaper following last folio of text: 文化元年夏六月 ／ 芝神明前三島町岡 ／ 田屋嘉七の許にて ／ もとむ ／ 式亭三馬.
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Acquired from William Anderson, 13 Feb. 1894.
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 5. Literature - fiction 国文-小説 g. Ukiyo-zōshi 浮世草子
Bibliography
Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 2, p. 494; EBJ, p. 54; Nihon bungaku shoshi 日本文学書誌K, vol. 5, (上) p. 40.