Variant title: Yōsharoku 用射錄. Author/compiler: Hirose Yaichi 廣瀨彌一, fl. late 17th century. Author's name appears on fol. 18b of maki 下, preceded by 弓工 (master bowmaker). Imprint: Ōsaka, Fukaeya Tarōbē, Tenna 3, 1683. Kanki on fol. 18b of maki 下 reads: 天和三年 ／ 亥十一月吉日 ／ 大坂･･･ ／ 深江屋太郎兵衛板. Description: 2 kan, 2 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 上) ff. 20; (maki 下) ff. 18. 22.4 x 16 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 19.3 x 14.8 cm. (average). Single-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text with some printed furigana (katakana). 10 lines to page, 22-25 characters to line. Original pale fawn covers, with original printed title slip on maki 上 and vestige on maki 下. Gedai: 弓秘傳抄 上 (下). Title from naidai at head of preface. Hashiragaki: Yōsharoku 用射錄 上 (下) + folio no. Edition: The earliest edition of this work. Contents: A treatise on bowmaking and archery.
Yumi hidenshō 弓秘傳抄 [弓秘伝抄]
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 16053.e.13
- Dates of Creation
- 1683
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 2 volumes Condition: Fair to good. Worm damage (unrepaired) in maki 上; brown stains in maki 下. Impression: An early impression from unworn blocks. Illustrations: 3 single-page sumizuri woodcuts on ff. 19a-20b of maki 上, showing craftsmen shaping and stringing bows. Also several diagrams of bows in maki 上 and 下. Seals of ownership: None.
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Acquired by purchase, 22 April 1959.
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 19.Military arts 武術
Bibliography
Kaga bunko mokuroku 加賀文庫目録, p. 264.