Chanoyu hyōrin 茶湯評林

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16115.e.15
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1697
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 2 volumes Condition: Fair. A clean copy, but with extensive worm damage in maki 4, 5, 6 and 7. Impression: Shozuri or near. Illustrations: Profusely illustrated in all maki except no. 8, with sumizuri woodcuts, mostly small, some full-page. Paintings for the teahouse reproduced in maki 1; flower arrangements in maki 2; layout of teahouse utensils in maki 3-5; tea bowls and jars in maki 6-7; gardens and teahouse plans in maki 9. Seals of ownership: None. Manuscript notes: Note signed by H. L. Joly, giving title, part numbers and date of publication on front cover of each satsu.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Endō Genkan 遠藤元閑, also known as Kōchōken 廣長軒. Imprint: [Edo] , Yamaguchi Mohē, Genroku 10, 1697. Kanki on fol. 32b of maki 9 reads: 元禄十丁丑年正月吉日 ／ 和泉屋 ／ 山口茂兵衛開板. Description: 9 kan, 2 satsu. (Maki 1) ff. [1] (序), 32; (2) ff. 27; (3) ff. 31; (4) ff. 29; (5) ff. 31; (6) ff. 35; (7) ff. 40; (8) ff. 24; (9) ff. 32. 22.2 x 15.4 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 17.5 x 13 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text with printed furigana (katakana). 10 lines to page, 22-24 characters to line. Original mid-blue covers with original printed title slips. Gedai: 當□ (角書) 茶之湯評林大成. Title from mokurokudai and from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Chanoyu hyōrin 茶湯評林 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The only pre-modern edition. Contents: A critical guide to the tea ceremony and utensils to be used.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Mrs. F. Joly, 12 Feb. 1921.

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 a. Tea ceremony 茶道

Bibliography

Text reprinted in Kadō kosho shūsei 花道古書集成, vol. 2.