[Ise-goyomi 伊勢暦]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.75.f.19
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1688-1691
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 4 volumes Condition: Good, with some repairs to inner edge of folds.Impression: Sharp and clear, from little-worn blocks.Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on verso of each jō.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Isegoyomi.Author: Unknown.Imprint: Ise Watarai-gun Yamada: Horita Tokudayū, Mori Idayū, Ōnishi Kyūdayū, [Jōkyō 5-Genroku 4, 1688-1691]. The four naidai at head of text in each calendar read, respectively: (1) 伊勢度會郡山田 保利田内記德大夫 / 貞享六年つちのとのみの貞享暦･･･; (2) 伊勢度會郡山田 森伊大夫 ／ 元禄三年かのえむまの貞享暦･･･; (3) 伊勢度會郡山田 大西九大夫 ／ 元禄四年かのとのひつしの貞享暦･･･; (4) 伊勢度會郡山田 大西九大夫 ／ 元禄五年みつのえさるの暦･･･ .Description: 4 kan, 4 jō 帖, in a slip-case. Orihon. (1) 10 folds, 25.6 x 7.8 cm. each half-fold; (2) 9 folds, 25.7 × 7.4 cm. each half-fold; (3) 10 folds, 27.2 × 7.4 cm. each half-fold; (4) 10 folds, 27.3 × 7.3 cm. each half-fold.Blockprint. Printing frame (height) 20.8-21.1 cm. Single-line borders above and below text. Hiragana-majiri text without furigana. Variable no. of lines to fold and characters to line.Original black covers embossed with geometric and floral design. Original title slips with printed gedai: (1) 貞享六己巳暦; (2) 元禄三庚午暦; (3) 元禄二二辛未暦; (4) 元禄壬申暦. No naidai.Contents: Calendars for the years Jōkyō 6 (1689) to Genroku 5 (1692).

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by Sir Hans Sloane from the estate of Engelbert Kaempfer and incorporated in the British Museum in 1753.

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 18. Amateur arts 諸芸 c. Divination and astrology 占卜・占星・暦法