Sakura no chūjō さくらの中將

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16107.h.5
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1670
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good, except for soiled corners and yellowish-brown stains in both maki. Impression: Shozuri or near. Illustrations: 1 double-page and 9 single-page sumizuri woodcuts; 1 double and 3 single in maki 上, 6 single in maki 下. Partial hand-colouring in brown. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Kofushimi monogatari 小伏見物語. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Edol, Hondoiya, Kanbun 10, 1670. Kanki on fol. 12a of maki 下 reads: 寛文十年 ／ 正月吉日 ／ 通油町 ／ 本問屋開板. Description: 2 kan, 1 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 上) ff. 10; (maki 下) ff. 12. 27.1 x 18.7 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22 x 17.1 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text without furigana. 14 lines to page, 22-24 characters to line. Mid-blue covers, possibly original. Title slip missing. No gedai. Title from naidai at head of maki 上 and 下. Hashiragaki: Sakura jō (ge) さくら上 (下) +folio no. Edition: First of two editions published in the same year, Kanbun 10 (1670). The other was published with minor amendments by Shōkai 松會 of Edo. Contents: A tale dating from the Muromachi period, sometimes classed as otogi-zōshi though not included in the original set of 23 stories.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Isseidō, 8 April 1963.

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 e.Muromachi jidai monogatari 室町時代物語

Bibliography

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 3, p. 52; Nihon bungaku shoshi 日本文学書誌, p. 690; Mikan chūsei shōsetsu kaidai 未刊中世小説解題, p. 79; text reprinted in Muromachi jidai monogatari taisei 室町時代物語大成, vol. 5, pp. 607-22.