Yūsoku mondō 有職問答

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16075.c.4
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1659
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Excellent. Impression: An early impression, shozuri or near. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Tatara mondō 多々良問答. Author/compiler: Ōuchi (Tatara) Yoshitaka 大内 (多々良) 義隆, 1507-51, questioner. Sanjōnishi Sanetaka 三條西實隆, 1455-1537, respondent. Imprint: Rakuyō [Kyotō] , Hayashi Izumi, Manji 2, 1659. Kanki following batsu on fol. 24a of maki 5 reads: 萬治二己亥年暮春念日 ／ 洛陽今出川書堂 ／ 林和泉板行. Description: 5 kan, formerly in 5 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 1) ff. 28; (2) ff. 20; (3) ff. 20; (4) ff. 18; (5) ff. 24. 26.6 x 18.1 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 21.1 x 15.8 cm. Double-line borders. Fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with interlinear printed replies to questions. 8 lines to page (large script), variable no. of characters to line. Original light blue front cover of maki 1 only, with printed title slip on left. Gedai: 有職問答. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: same as naidai and gedai + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: The first and only pre-modern edition recorded. Contents: Record of a dialogue between Ōuchi Yoshitaka and Sanjōnishi Sanetaka, both of whom are named in the batsu on fol. 24a of maki 5. Questions on official ranks and positions in the Court and military hierarchy are put by Ōuchi to Sanjōnishi and answered by him in the form of interlinear replies in smaller script.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Alexander von Siebold, 22 July 1868.

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 b.Government and administration 政治・行政

Bibliography

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 4, p. 164 (both under Tatara mondō); text reprinted in Zoku gunsho ruijū 続群書類従, vol. 32 (上).