Sukiya kōhōshū 數寄屋工法集

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16038.d.11
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1686
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Excellent. Impression: Atozuri, from worn blocks. Illustrations: Sketches and diagrams in each maki, printed sumizuri, showing teahouse designs and materials for construction. Seals of ownership: Large circular pictorial stamp, very faintly impressed on first tobira. No script visible.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Sukiya kōhō hinagata 數奇屋工法雛形. Author/compiler: Itō Kageharu (or Keiji) 伊藤景治. Imprint: Edo, Okadaya Kashichi; Kyōto, Zeniya Sōshirō; Ōsaka, Tsurugaya Kyūbē, Tsurugaya Hikoshichi, n.d. [Jōkyō 3, 1686] . Preface dated Jōkyō 2 貞享二乙丑 (1685). Kanki following fol. 21b of maki 下 reads (in part) : 江戸･･･ ／ 岡田屋嘉七 ／ 京･･･ ／ 錢屋摠四郎 ／ 大坂･･･ ／ 敦賀屋九兵衛 ／ 同 ／ 敦賀屋彦七 ／ 板行. Description: 3 kan, formerly in 3 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. [1] (序), 33; (中) ff. 26; (下) ff. 21 (text apparently incomplete). 24.7 x 17.8 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 18.6 x 14.7 cm. Single-line borders. No printed hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with furigana printed sparingly. 10 lines to page, 18-19 characters to line. Original light blue front cover of satsu 1, with printed title slip on left bearing gedai: Sukiya kōhō hinagata 數奇屋工法雛形. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Maki and folio numbering at inner edge verso of each leaf. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: Apparently the only edition printed in Edo period. This is a later impression, probably 18th century, from the original blocks of Jōkyō 3 (1686). Text is preceded by two identical tobira on mikaeshi, giving title as Sukiya kōhō hinagata 數奇屋工法雛形 and publisher as Tsurugaya Kyūbē of Ōsaka. Contents: A practical guide to the building of teahouses.

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 17.Fine arts 芸術 a.General 一般

Bibliography

Ishizaki bunko mokuroku 石崎文庫目録, p. 56.