Author/compiler: Obscure, but Ōtomo no Yakamochi 大伴家持 was chiefly responsible for compilation. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Keichō / Genna period, c. 1610-20] . No colophon. Description: 20 kan, 10 satsu, rebound in 2 vols. (western style). Vol. 1: 27.2 x 20.2 cm; vol. 2: 27.2 × 19.5 cm. Fukurotoji. Movable type. Printing frame 23 x 17.4 cm. Double-line borders round all four sides, with fishtail design on hanshin. Kanji (man'yōgana 万葉仮名) text, with printed kundoku in katakana (composed in a separate column of type from the kanji). These are supplemented in places by manuscript kanji, kundoku and kutōten in red. 8 lines (of kanji) to page, 18 characters to line. Front covers, dull red check pattern, of maki 1 and 11 only, within new half-leather western style binding. Surviving covers, renewed c. mid-Edo period, carry mica-painted title slips with handwritten gedai: Man'yōshū maki dai... 萬葉集巻第･･･ . Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: Man'yō maki 萬葉巻 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The second edition of this work, printed like the first (no. 437 above) with movable type. Contents: The earliest and most celebrated anthology of Japanese poetry, compiled by Ōtomo no Yakamochi and others in the eighth century.
Man'yōshū 萬葉集 [万葉集]
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 Or.75.e.15
- Dates of Creation
- [1610-1620]
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 2 volumes Condition: Excellent. Every folio of vol. 1 (maki 1-10) has been reinforced, for no apparent reason, by lining with tissue on the outside of each folded leaf (!). Impression: A sharp impression from little-worn type. Seals of ownership: Red oblong seal with rounded ends, Shōshishi 尚志子 on first page of each maki. Manuscript notes: Interlinear and marginal textual notes in red and black. Shikigo in black ink on last folio of maki 1, quoting the name Kigin (i. e. Kitamura Kigin 北村季吟) ends thus: 寛延三庚午年 [=1750] 五月朔 慕回書.
Scope and Content
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). C. Japanese works 和書 7. Literature - poetry 国文-詩歌 a. Man'yōshū 万葉集
Bibliography
Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 5, pp. 554-71; Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, pp. 551, 902, pl. 452; Kokuritsu kokkai toshokan shozō kichōsho kaidai 国立国会図書館所蔵貴重書解題, vol. 2, p. 24.