Dai Nihon ōdaiki 大日本王代記

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.75.f.2
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1684
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good. Impression: Atozuri, from worn blocks. Illustrations: 10 double-page sumizuri illustrations on ff. 7b-8a, 16b-17a, 27b-28a, 37b-38a, 47b-48a, 56b-57a, 66b-67a, 75b-76a, 81b-82a and 88b-89a. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on ff. 1b and 109a. Manuscript notes: Notes in Kaempfer's hand in a few places, including romanisation and translation of title slip.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Yoshida Mitsuyoshi 吉田光由, 1598-1672. (Attribution in KS. Author not named in book.). Imprint: [Kyōto] , Yasuda Jūbē, Jōkyō 1, 1684. Kanki on fol. 109a reads: 貞享元甲子極月吉日 ／ 安田十兵衛開板. Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, in a box. ff. 1-89, 100-109 (despite gap in numbering, no folios appear to be missing). 131 x 94 mm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 116 x 85 mm. Single-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed dakuten and a few furigana. 11 lines to page, c. 20 characters to line. Original black covers, with original printed title slip. Gedai: Shinpan (tsunogaki) nendaiki / Jōkyō (tsunogaki) ōdaiki 新板 (角書) 年代記 ／ 貞享 (角書) 王代記. Title from naidai on fol. 1a. Hashiragaki: [no title] , folio no. only. Edition: First published in Keian 2 (1649), followed by later editions in Enpō 3 (1675), Tenna 4 (=Jōkyō 1, 1684) and Jōkyō 2 (1685). Contents: A brief chronological account of the reigns of the first 113 emperors of Japan, beginning with Jinmu Tennō in the mythical period.

Access Information

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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.