Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: Edo, Izumoji Izuminojō, n.d. [late-17th or early 18th century] . Kanki on fol. 76a of maki 下 reads: 江戸日本橋南一町目出店 ／ 出雲寺和泉掾. Description: 2 kan, 2 satsu, bound in 1 vol. western style. Total no. of folios is the same as in the above copy, but maki 上 ends with fol. 45 and maki 下 begins with fol. 46. 25.9 x 19 cm. Renewed mid-blue front cover of maki 上 only, decorated with horizontal gold bands. Original printed title slip, centrally placed, on renewed cover. Edition: An undated edition, reprinted from an earlier edition in 3 kan (3 satsu) published by Izutsuya Chūemon 井筒屋忠右衞門 (Edo) and Daimonjiya Shichirōbe 大文字屋七郎兵衞 (Kyōto) in Genroku 11 元禄十一年 (1698). That edition and the present reprint both contain 13 lines to the page. Contents: Text of Ise monogatari 伊勢物語, with interlinear explanatory notes identical to those in Ise monogatari eshō 伊勢物語繪抄. The Ise text is accompanied in the upper third of each page by text and illustrations of Genji kasen eshō 源氏歌仙繪抄. Short biographical notes on the poets Ise and Ariwara no Narihira are printed above their portraits on mikaeshi of maki 上 and 下.
Ise monogatari kaisei 伊勢物語改成
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 16055.a.9
- Dates of Creation
- 1698
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Very good. No worm damage or soiled leaves. Impression: Atozuri, from blocks showing considerable evidence of wear. Illustrations: Two sequences of sumizuri illustrations. (1) 30 large woodcuts occupying two-thirds of the page, 17 in maki 上, 13 in maki 下, closely modelled on the illustrations in Ise monogatari taisei 伊勢物語大成 (see no. 288). Woodcut on mikaeshi of maki 上 is a portrait of poetess Ise; on mikaeshi of maki 下 a portrait of Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平. (2) Small vignettes in top third of each page illustrating scenes from Genji kasen eshō 源氏歌仙繪抄. Seals of ownership: None. Manuscript notes: None.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Acquired by purchase, 6 June 1890.
Note
Another copy of no. 284 above, identical with it except in the following respects
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 a. Early monogatari 古物語
Bibliography
Ise monogatari ni tsukite no kenkyū, hoi hen 伊勢物語に就きての研究・補遺篇, pp. 701-2, pl. 99; Ise monogatari kenkyūshi no kenkyū 伊勢物語研究史の研究, pp. 339-40; Japanese woodcut book illustrations, vol. 1, pp. 231-92 (reproduction of each illustration, with caption).