Sumiyoshi monogatari すみよし物語

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.75.g.6
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1632
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Very good. Negligible worm damage and no stains. Impression: Atozuri, from slightly worn blocks. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of Sir Ernest Satow (his smaller seal) 英國薩道藏書, on first page of text.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Kyōto], Nakano Dōya [i. e. Nakano Kozaemon 中野小左衛門], Kan'ei 9, 1632. Mokki in a double frame on fol. 57b reads: 寛永九年壬申十二月 ／ 吉日中野氏道也梓. Description: 2 kan, 1 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. 1-34; (maki 下, without naidai at head of text, continuous foliation) ff. 35-57. 24.6 x 17.6 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 20.5 x 16.5 cm. (average). No borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana. 11 lines to page, 18-20 characters to line. Renewed front cover of yellow silk, without title slip. Manuscript gedai (late-Edo period) written in hentaigana and magana: す見よ志 [も] 能加多利. Title from naidai at head of maki 上. Hashiragaki: Sumiyoshi 住吉 + folio no. in a western style half-leather binding. Edition: The earliest edition printed from blocks and without illustrations. Preceded by 3 movable type editions of Keichō, Genna and Genna / Kan'ei periods respectively, and followed by several seihan editions, with and without illustrations.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from 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).C. Japanese works 和書 5. Literature - fiction 国文-小説 a. Early monogatari 古物語

Bibliography

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 3, p. 562; Nihon bungaku shoshi 日本文学書誌, p. 628; Kokusho sōmokuroku 国書総目録K, p. 244; Ōsaka furitsu toshokan-zō kisho kaidai mokuroku 大阪府立図書館蔵稀書解題目録, p. 168; Nihon bungaku shoshi 日本文学書誌K, vol. 3, (上) pp. 11-38, (下) pp. 3-12.