Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Kanbun / Enpō period, c. 1661-80] . No colophon. Description: 9 (8 + 1) kan, 9 satsu, in a box. (Maki 1) ff. 41; (maki 2) ff. 33; (maki 3) ff. 48; (maki 4) ff. 35; (maki 5) ff. 52; (maki 6) ff. 28; (maki 7) ff. 31; (maki 8) ff. 32; (目録 + 系図) ff. 40. 26.2 x 8.5 cm. Fukurotoji. Renewed light blue covers, with printed title slips (mid- to late-Edo period). Gedai: Eiga monogatari 栄花物語, followed by maki no. and list of section titles contained in that maki. Edition: Undated edition of the abridged 9-kan version. No copies of this edition appear to be dated, though the copies owned by Ōsaka Furitsu Toshokan and Hibiya Toshokan (Kaga Bunko) bear the imprints Yamashiroya Sahē 山城屋佐兵衞 (Kyōto) and Mukai Yasaburō 向井八三郎 (Ōsaka) respectively. Both these publishers were active in mid-to late-Edo period, but the present copy is tentatively assigned to an earlier date, c. Kanbun 寛文 or Enpō 延宝 period, c. 1661-80. Contents: Historical tale (rekishi monogatari 歴史物語) written in the 11th century, covering the reigns of emperors Uda (887-97) to Horikawa (1086-1107), but focussing particularly on the life and career of Fujiwara no Michinaga 藤原道長, 966-1027. In its full form the work is in 40 kan, first published in a movable type edition in Genna / Kan'ei period, followed by a seihan edition in Meireki 2, 1656. The present edition is an abridged version of the full text. The work is also known under the title Yotsugi monogatari 世繼物語.
Eiga monogatari 榮花物語 [栄花物語]
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- Reference
- GB 59 16052.f.17
- Dates of Creation
- [1661-1680]
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 9 volumes Condition: Good. A clean copy, free from worm damage. Impression: Atozuri, printed from worn blocks. Probably an impression of Enpō-Jōkyō 延宝 貞享 period, c. 1673-88. Illustrations: A total of 27 double-page and 24 single-page sumizuri illustrations, distributed as follows: maki 1, 2 double, 6 single; maki 2, 8 single; maki 3, 3 single, 5 double; maki 4, 1 single, 3 double; maki 5, 7 double; maki 6, 4 double, 1 single; maki 7, 1 double, 3 single; maki 8, 5 double, 2 single. The illustrations are attributed to Hinaya (Nonoguchi) Ryūho 雛屋 (野 口) 立圃, 1595-1669, an attribution which is acceptable on stylistic grounds. Seals of ownership: Large square red seal, Sōryūkan oki 蒼龍館置, printed inkoku on mikaeshi of each satsu. Manuscript notes: Note in black ink on back endpaper of last satsu, containing list of contents and genealogy: 立圃筆 萬治刊本. This probably dates from late-Edo period.
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Acquired from Richard Lane, 19 Nov. 1956.
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 c. Rekishi monogatari 歴史物語
Bibliography
Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 1, pp. 331-3; Kaga bunko mokuroku 加賀文庫目録, p. 346; Ōsaka furitsu toshokan zōsho mokuroku 大阪府立図書館蔵書目録, vol. 6, p. 161.