Arimayama onsen kokagami 有馬山温泉小鑑

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16107.g.41
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1685
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good, except for some slightly soiled folios. Impression: Near-shozuri. Illustrations: 10 double-page sumizuri illustrations on ff. 3b-4a, 6b-7a, 8b-9a, 11b-12a, 16b-17a, 21b-22a, 24b-25a, 26b-27a, 28b-29a and 30b-31a. They depict lively scenes on the journey to Arima, the hot springs there, and their Buddhist associations. Artist not named. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal, Shūhō (or Akimine) bunko 秋峰文庫, on fol. 1a.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Arima kokagami 有馬小鑑. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: Arima, Kikuya Gorōbē, Jōkyō 2, 1685. Kanki on fol. 32a reads: 貞享二乙丑六月吉日 ／ 有馬谷之町 菊屋五郎兵衛開板. Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, in a chitsu case. ff. 32. 22.6 x 16.2 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 20.3 x 14.4 cm. Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed fiurigana, dakuten and kutōten. 13 lines to page, 21-23 characters to line. Original dark blue covers, with traces of decorative design of grasses, now badly rubbed. Original printed title slip on left bearing gedai: Inanozasa (tsunogaki) Arima kokagami e-iri zen 稲野笹 (角書) 有馬小鑑ゑ入全. Title from mokurokudai and naidai at head of text. Hashiragaki: Kokagami 小鑑 + folio no. Edition: The only pre-modern edition recorded. Contents: An illustrated guide for pilgrims and travellers to the Arima hot spring resort near Kōbe, including also an account of the origins of Arima onsen and its association with Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Richard Lane, 4 April 1960.

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

Kazō Nihon chishi mokuroku 家蔵日本地誌目録, vol. 1, p. 223; Daitōkyū kinen bunko kichōsho kaidai 大東急記念文庫貴重書解題, vol. 3, p. 197.