Shittan jimohyō narabini shakugi 悉曇字母表並釋義 [悉曇字母表並釈義]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16006.d.3
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1669
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Excellent. Impression: Atozuri . Blocks show slightly more evidence of wear than no.184 above. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Bonji shittan jimo narabini shakugi 梵字悉曇字母並釋義 [梵字悉曇字母並釈義]. Author/compiler: Kūkai 空海, also known as Kōbō Daishi 弘法大師, 774-835. Imprint: N.p., Kanbun 9, 1669. Oku on last page reads: 寛文巳♪ (ママ) 酉夏五月日 ／ 沙門澄禪 悔焉. Description: 2 kan, 1 satsu, rebound in western style. ff. 7, 14. 25.9 x 18.4 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 19.5 x 14.9 cm. Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, including some siddham characters, with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 7 lines to page, 17 characters to line. Original dark blue covers with printed title slip. Gedai: 悉曇字母表並釋義. Naidai of first section (巻頭) ff. 1-7: Ichigyō zenji jimohyō 一行禪師字母表; of second section ff. 1-14: Bonji shittan jimo narabini shakugi 梵字悉曇字母並釋義. Hashiragaki: (1) Jimohyō 字母表; (2) Jimoshaku 字母釋 + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: Apart from an early Kōya-ban, printed at the Kongōbuji in Shōhei 7 (1352), this edition of Kanbun 9 (1669) appears to be the only pre-Meiji edition. Contents: An analysis of siddham (bonji 梵字) characters by the monk Yixing 一行 of the Tang period, followed by an exposition by Kūkai 空海.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Alexander von Siebold, 22 July 1868.

Note

Another copy of no. 184 above, identical with it in all respects except the following

Other Finding Aids

Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).B. Buddhist works 仏書 9. Shingon sect 真言宗