Author/compiler: Tachibana Muneshige 橘宗重, with supplement by an unknown compiler. Illustrator: Hasegawa Tōun 長谷川等雲, supplemented by an unknown artist. Imprint: Edo, Hiranoya Seizaburō; Kyōto, Kosaji Han'emon; Ōsaka, Kankidō Shigeyuki, n.d., with kōjo 後序 (dated Jōkyō 5, 1688) reprinted at end of supplementary maki 3. No dated kanki for this edition. Description: 9 kan, formerly in 9 satsu, now rebound in 2 vols. western style. Foliation of maki 1-6 identical to no. 611 above. 3 supplementary maki: (1) ff. [1] (mokuroku), 25; (2) ff. [1] (mokuroku), 15; (3) ff. [1] (mokuroku), 22, 36-37 (kōjo from original edition). 22.4 x 16.1 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 19 x 14.8 cm. Single-line borders all round. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana and dakuten. 11 lines to page, 20-22 characters to line. Original covers missing. Original printed title slips of maki 1 and 6 only. Gedai: Wakan zōho ehon hōkan 和漢増補繪本寶鑑. Naidai at head of supplementary maki 1-3: Zōho ehon hōkan 増補繪本寶鑑. Hashiragaki (of same maki) : Zō ehon 増繪本 + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: Late reprint of the first edition, probably published in Jōkyō 5 貞享五年 (1688), supplemented by 3 additional maki. Contents: A collection of stories and anecdotes derived from ancient China. With its wealth of illustration, the book probably served also as a drawing and painting manual.
Zōho ehon hōkan 増補繪本寶鑑 [増補絵本宝鑑]
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 16001.b.10
- Dates of Creation
- 1688
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 2 volumes Condition: Some worm damage in maki 6 and in supplementary maki 1 and 3. Impression: Atozuri. A poor impression of the original work, maki 1-6, from badly worn blocks. Impression of supplementary maki 1-3 is sharper, but these blocks also show evidence of wear. Illustrations: Copiously illustrated with full-page and part-page sumizuri woodcuts, 185 in all, depicting episodes in Chinese history and legend. Tobira-e preceding preface depicts the 16 Lohans 羅漢, printed in pale green, with dragon and cloud border. An interesting early example of printing in colour.. The three supplementary maki are similarly illustrated with double-page, single-page and part-page sumizuri woodcuts, not specifically attributed to Hasegawa Tōun 長谷川等雲, and almost certainly the work of a different artist. Seals of ownership: None.
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Acquired from Alexander von Siebold, 22 July 1868.
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 17. Fine arts 芸術 c. Book illustration 絵本・絵入本
Bibliography
Descriptive catalogue of Japanese and Chinese illustrated books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago , p. 82; Ehon no kenkyū 絵本の研究, pp. 120-3, 136-8.