Sōji kensai kōgi 莊子鬳齋口義

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 ORB 30/165
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1629
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Excellent. Negligible worm damage, repaired by urauchi. Impression: Sharp and clear, from little-worn blocks. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Lin Xiyi 林希逸, also known as Juanzhai 鬳齋. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Fūgetsu Sōchi (or Munetomo) 風月宗知, Kan'ei 6, 1629. Kanki reads: 寛永六年十一月吉辰 二条通觀音町風月宗知刋行. Description: 10 kan, formerly in 10 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. 28.3 x 19.2 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint, modelled on a movable type edition. Printing frame 21.5-22.2 x 17.5 cm. Double-line borders all round. Vertical rules between columns. Fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text with printed okurigana, kutōten and kaeriten. 10 lines to page, 19 characters to line. All original covers lacking. Modern western style cloth binding. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: Sōji maki 1 (etc.) 莊子巻一 (等) + folio no. Edition: A dated blockprinted edition, based on the Genna / Kan'ei kokatsuji edition (see ORB.30/165). Contents: Explanatory lectures on the book of Zhuangzi 莊子, also known by the title Nanhuazhen-jing 南華眞經 (Jpn. Nankashin-kyō). Maki 10 is followed by an endnote (後序) and by an 18-folio appendix entitled Shinten sōji jūron 新添莊子十論.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Ernest M. Satow, 22 Sept. 1884.

Other Finding Aids

Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).A. Chinese works 漢籍 3. Philosophy, including confucianism and taoism 哲学(儒教・道教を含む)

Bibliography

Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, pp. 391, 833, pl. 235; Ishii Sekisuiken bunko zenpon shomoku 石井積翠軒文庫善本書目, p. 163, pl. 334; Takagi bunko kokatsuji-ban mokuroku 高木文庫古活字版目録, p. 66..Shina gakugei daijii 支那学芸大辞彙, p. 973.