Sendai kuji hongi 先代舊事本紀 [ 先代新事本紀 ]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16052.b.8
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1644]
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good, apart from minor worm damage in margins. Otherwise a clean copy. Cropped at top and bottom. Impression: Blocks show moderate signs of wear. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Kuji hongi 舊事本紀 [旧事本紀 ]. Variant title: Kujiki 舊事紀 [旧事紀]. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Colophon missing from this incomplete copy, but it can be confidently assigned to the Kyōto edition of Kan'ei 21 寛永二十一年, 1644.]. Description: Maki 5 and 6 only (of 10 kan), formerly in 1 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 5) ff. 30; (maki 6) ff. 33. 25.7 x 18 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22 x 16.1 cm. Double-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed kunten and some kaeriten. 8 lines to page, 18 characters to line. Renewed front cover, streaked brown and white, with original title slip pasted on it. Gedai: Kuji hongi 5-6 舊事本紀 五之六. Title from naidai at head of text. Hashiragaki: Kujiki 旧事紀 + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: Beyond all reasonable doubt, this copy belongs to the edition published at Kyōto in Kan'ei 21, 1644. A complete copy (e.g. that in Tenri Central Library) has the following kanki: 寛永廿一甲申歳孟夏吉辰 ／ 寺町貞安前町瀧庄三郎. Apart from an edition of Genroku 7 (1694) annotated by Watarai Nobuyoshi 度會延佳, this was the only pre-Meiji edition of this work. Contents: An ancient historical work compiled in the Heian period, covering events in Japanese history from the legendary period to AD 621.

Access Information

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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 9. History and biography 歴史・伝記 a. Early records 古代史

Bibliography

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 3, p. 648; Tenri toshokan kisho mokuroku 天理図書館稀書目録, vol. 1, p. 95.