Denroku zukyō 田祿圖經 [田禄図経]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16060.a.14
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1700
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Very good. No worm damage or stains. Impression: Atozuri from worn blocks, possibly supplemented in places by hokoku. Illustrations: Sumizuri geometrical diagrams printed in-text. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Kageyama Genshitsu 陰山元質, Confucianist and mathematician, 1669-1732. Imprint: N.p., n.d. (author's preface dated Genroku 13 元禄十三年, 1700). Description: 3 kan, formerly in 2 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. [1] (叙), 3 (目録), 8; (maki 中) ff. 14; (maki 下之上) ff. 8; (maki 下之中) ff. 10; (maki 下之下) ff. 8. 24.7 x 17.9 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 19.8-20.7 x 16.4 cm. Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed kunten. 10 lines to page, 20 characters to line. Original mid-blue front cover of satsu 1 only, with original printed title slip. Gedai: 田禄圖經上. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: Denroku zukyō 田禄圖經 + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: The only pre-modern edition. Contents: A treatise on the feudal system of land division in China and Japan. Kanbun preface by the author dated Genroku 13 (1700) on unnumbered folio preceding mokuroku.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from I. Summers, bookseller, 5 Aug. 1861.

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 11. Law, government, administration and economics 法制・政治・行政・経済 c. Economics 経済

Bibliography

Text reprinted in Nihon keizai sōsho 日本経済叢書, vol. 5 and in Nihon keizai taiten 日本経済大典, vol. 10.