Author/compiler: Attributed (doubtfully) to Asai Ryōi 淺井了意, d, 1691. Imprint: [Kyōto, Yoshida Shirōemon] , Kanbun 1, 1661. All that remains of kanki on fol. 33b of maki 12 reads: 寛文元年辛丑九月吉旦 ／ 椹木町. [The publisher's name and address are given in Kanrodō Bunko 甘露堂文庫 Catalogue as: 椹木町 ／ 吉田四郎右衞門板刊.]. Description: Renewed vermilion covers enclosing all 10 surviving kan in 1 satsu. (Incomplete copy: maki 1-4 and 7-12 only.) Renewed square title slip with manuscript gedai: 本朝女鑑. Naidai and hashiragaki as for 16107.c.55. Edition: First edition but, judging by the quality of impression, printed later than 1661, the date of publication. Contents: A Confucian ethical work consisting of collected stories, classed as kana-zōshi, about the lives of virtuous women. In its 6 sections it is modelled on the Chinese Lienüchuan 列女傳, whilst contrasting with it somewhat. 35 of the stories overlap with those in Kurosawa Hirotada's Honchō retsujoden 本朝列女傳 in subject matter.
Honchō jokan 本朝女鑑
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 16088.d.28
- Dates of Creation
- 1661
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 12 volumes Condition: Good, apart from minor worm damage (unrepaired). Impression: Atozuri from worn blocks. Illustrations: Numerous sumizuri woodcuts, 6-8 to each maki, illustrating incidents from the stories in this collection. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal, Chintei tosho 椿亭圖書, on first page of maki 1.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Acquired from Mrs. F. Joly, 12 Feb. 1921.
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 f. Kana-zōshi 仮名草子.
Bibliography
Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 5, p. 485; Kanrodō bunko kikōbon kōran 甘露堂文庫稀覯本攷覽, fol. 14.