Rikyū chadōgu zue 利休茶道具圖繪 [利休茶道具図絵]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16027.d.26
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1702
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Very good. A clean copy, free from damage, but cropped at top and bottom. Impression: Atozuri from badly worn blocks. Illustrations: Simple sumizuri sketches of tea utensils and teahouse layouts, presumably from drawings by the author. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Chadōgu zue 茶道具圖繪 [茶道具図絵]. Author/compiler: Yamada Sōhen 山田宗徧, tea master, 1627-1708. Imprint: Kyōto, Yamatoya Jūzaemon, Genroku 15, 1702. Mokki in a narrow frame on inner edge of fol. 39b (maki 下), following batsu, reads; 元禄十五年壬午霜月吉日 ／ 平安書房上田氏大和屋重左衞門. Description: 2 kan, formerly in 2 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. 4, 27; (maki 下) ff. 39. 24.8 x 18.7 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 20.7 x 17.7 cm. Single-line borders. Single white fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with dakuten but very few furigana. Preface and batsu in kanbun. 11 lines to page, variable no. of characters to line. Original pale buff front cover of satsu 1 only, with printed title slip on left. Gedai: Rikyū (tsunogaki in a circular frame) chadōgu zue 利休 (角書) 茶道具圖繪. Title from naidai at head of each maki and mokuroku. Hashiragaki: 茶道具圖巻之上 (下) + folio no. Edition: The only edition recorded. Batsu by the author on fol. 39b of maki 下, is dated Genroku 14 (1701). Contents: On tea accessories and utensils used by the Rikyū school of tea.

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 18.Amateur arts 諸芸 a.Tea ceremony 茶道

Bibliography

Kaga bunko mokuroku 加賀文庫目録, p. 271.