Author/compiler: Nakagawa Kiun 中川喜雲, physician and haikai poet. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Yamamori Rokubē, Meireki 4, 1658. Kanki on fol. 25a of maki 6, followed by publisher's name and address in a mokki, reads: 明暦四戊戌年 ／ 七月吉日 ／ さハら木町通烏丸東へ入町 ／ 山森六兵衛刋行. Description: 6 kan, 6 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 1) ff. 37; (2) ff. 31; (3) ff. 21; (4) ff. 22; (5) ff. 19; (6) ff. 25. 24.9 x 18 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 20.8-21.2 x 15.9 cm. Single-line borders. Single white fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 11 lines to page, 20-22 characters to line. Original black covers, with original printed title slips on left. Gedai: Kyō warabe 京わらへ, followed on each title slip by a brief indication of contents. Title from mokurokudai and from naidai at head of text of each maki. Hashiragaki: [no title] , maki and folio no. only. Edition: First edition. Yamamori's blocks were acquired by Hachimonjiya Gohē 八文字屋五兵衞 and Hiranoya Sahē 平野屋佐兵衞, both of Kyōto, who published reprints bearing the same date, Meireki 4 (1658), as the first edition. Author's preface on ff. 2-3 of maki 1. Contents: The earliest known guide to places of interest in and around Kyōto, including part of Ōmi province. This work strongly influenced Asai Ryōi's Dekisai Kyō miyage 出口來齋京土産 (q. v.) of 1678.
Kyō warabe 京童
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- Reference
- GB 59 16107.g.36
- Dates of Creation
- 1658
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 6 volumes Condition: Good. No worm damage, but some soiled corners and upper margins of maki 2 are stained. Impression: Near-shozuri, but blocks show slight signs of wear. Illustrations: A total of 3 double-page and 84 single-page sumizuri illustrations, distributed as follows: (maki 1) 2 double, 16 single; (2) 1 double, 19 single; (3) 12 single; (4) 14 single; (5) 10 single; (6) 13 single. Seals of ownership: Three seals on first page of each maki: (1) square red seal, Rinpū bunko 臨風文庫 (seal of Sasagawa Rinpū 笹川臨風); (2) oblong red seal, Nagata bunko 永田文庫 (seal of Nagata Yūsui 永田有翠); (3) oblong black seal, Takahisa (or Kōkyū) zōsho 高久藏書 (unidentified). Also an oblong red seal (impressed inkoku), Nanritei 南里亭 (seal of Nanritei Kiraku 楠里亭其樂) on inner back cover of each satsu.
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Acquired from Richard Lane, 5 Aug. 1958.
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 10. Geography and topography 地理・地誌 a. Regional geography and topography 地方地誌
Bibliography
Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 2, p. 205; Kazō Nihon chishi mokuroku 家蔵日本地誌目録, vol. 1, p. 126; Kohan chishi kaidai 古版地誌解題, pp. 37-44; text reprinted in Shinshū Kyōto sōsho 新修京都叢書, vol. 1.