Variant title: Kanboku zensho 翰墨全書 [翰墨全書]. Author/compiler: Wang Yu 王宇, compiler. Annotations by Chen Ruixi 陳瑞錫. Imprint: Kyōto, Tawara Nizaemon 田原仁左衞門, Kan'ei 20, 1643. Kanki, printed in a narrow framed compartment at end of last folio verso of maki 12, reads: 寛永二十癸未歳孟春吉日 ／ 二条柳馬場東入町 田原仁左衞門新刋. Description: 12 kan, formerly in 10 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Satsu 1) ff. 7 (prefaces 序 by Wang Yu and Chen Ruixi), 28 (目録); (satsu 2) ff. 40, maki 1; (satsu 3) ff. 38, 13, maki 2-3; (satsu 4) ff. 60, maki 4; (satsu 5) ff. 30, maki 5; (satsu 6) ff. 22, maki 6; (satsu 7) ff. 33, maki 7; (satsu 8) ff. 36, maki 8; (satsu 9) ff. 21, 31, maki 9-10; (satsu 10) ff. 28, 28, maki 11-12. 28.3 x 20.4 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 20.8 x 16.3 cm. (average). Double-line borders all round. 'Flower petal' fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 10 lines to page (double for commentary), 22 characters to line. Dark blue front cover of satsu 1 only, embossed with a chequered design. Blockprinted title slip, probably original, bearing gedai: Kanboku zensho jo mokuroku 翰墨全書 序 目錄. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Kanboku 翰墨 (in some maki Kanbokusho 翰墨書) + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The only Edo-period edition traceable. Contents: Extracts from Chinese literary works, arranged under 15 broad subject headings, compiled as an aid to elegant letter writing.
Shinsen jiyō tsūshiki kanboku zensho 新鐫時用通式翰墨全書 [新鐫時用通式翰墨全書]
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or.75.e.12
- Dates of Creation
- 1643
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Excellent. A good clean copy, with negligible worm damage to a few folios in mokuroku and maki 12 only. Impression: An early impression, shozuri or near. Seals of ownership: Small circular red seal, Hasshū 八宗, on last page of each former satsu.
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Donated to the British Museum by (Sir) Ernest M. Satow 13 June 1885.
Other Finding Aids
Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). A. Chinese works 漢籍 7. Chinese literature 中国文学
Bibliography
Kanseki kaidai 漢籍解題,p. 768; Shina gakugei daijii 支那学芸大辞彙, p. 120; Seikadō bunko kanseki bunrui mokuroku 静嘉堂文庫漢籍分類目録, p. 847; Tōkyō daigaku Tōyō bunka kenkyūjo kanseki bunrui mokuroku 東京大学東洋文化研究所漢籍分類目録, p. 794.