Kenai chōhōki 家内重寶記 [家内重宝記]

This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.75.f.6
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1689
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good, except for stains on ff. 105-107. Impression: Atozuri, from worn blocks. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on blank folio following fol. 138. Manuscript notes: Many interlinear notes and romanised transcriptions in Kaempfer's hand scattered liberally throughout the text. Also three notes on inner front cover: (1) Kennei Tsioo foo ki mokurokf... [etc.] , in Kaempfer's hand; (2) Huisbook van allerlands... [?] , in another hand; (3) Chetqua is not well acquainted with this Character but says the Book relates to something we have not in Europe / Decr. 17. 1770.

Scope and Content

Alternative reading of title: Kanai chōhōki. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: Ōsaka, Morita Shōtarō, Genroku 2, 1689. Kanki at end of printed text on fol. 138b reads: 元禄二己巳年 ／ 二月十六日 ／ 大坂北御堂前 ／ 書林 森田庄太郎刋板. Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, in a box. ff. 138 (folio 134 has been bound between ff. 137 and 138). 7 x 164 mm. (yokohon). Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 58 x 147 mm. Single-line borders. Single white fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 20 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line. Original buff covers, with original printed title slip. Gedai: 家内重寶記全. Title (and reading of title) from naidai at head of mokuroku on fol. 1a. Hashiragaki: [section headings, no general running title] + folio no. Edition: This edition of Genroku 2 (1689) was apparently the only one published. Contents: A household manual of useful, practical information.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased from the estate of Engelbert Kaempfer by Sir Hans Sloane 1723-1725 and incorporated in the British Museum in 1753.

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 8. Literature - poetry 国文-詩歌 d. Jōruri 浄瑠璃

Bibliography

Tōhoku daigaku fuzoku toshokan betchibon mokuroku 東北大学附属図書館別置本目録, p. 53.