Kyō warabe ato-oi 京童跡追

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16107.g.37
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1667
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 6 volumes Condition: Good, apart from soiled corners and some stains in maki 1 and 6. Impression: Slightly atozuri, from moderately worn blocks. Illustrations: A total of 4 double-page and 65 single-page sumizuri illustrations, distributed as follows: (maki 1) 1 double, 13 single; (2) 16 single; (3) 16 single; (4) 1 double, 4 single; (5) 11 single; (6) 2 double, 5 single. Artist unknown. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal, Takagi-ke zō 高木家藏 (seal of Takagi Toshita 高木利太) on first page of each maki. Also two unidentified red seals, one small and circular, one larger and oval, on first page of maki 1, 2, 3 and 6.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Ato-oi 跡追. Author/compiler: Nakagawa Kiun 中川喜雲, physician and haikai poet. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Yamamori Rokubē, Kanbun 7, 1667. Kanki on fol. 23b of maki 6, followed by publisher's name and address in a mokki, reads: 寛文七丁未年 ／ 九月吉日 ／ さハら木町通烏丸東へ入町 ／ 山森六兵衛刋行. Description: 6 kan, 6 satsu, in a chitsu case. (Maki 1) ff. 32; (2) ff. 24; (3) ff. 31; (4) ff. 21; (5) ff. 17; (6) ff. 23. 26.1 x 17.3 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 20.5 x 15.6 cm. (average). Single-line borders, single white fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana, dakuten and kutōten. 11 lines to page, 18-22 characters to line. Original mid-blue covers, with original printed title slips on left. Gedai: Kyō warabe (tsunogaki) ato-oi 京童 (角書) あとをひ. (Both tsunogaki and main gedai are printed in a variety of different forms and combinations of kanji and kana, differing from satsu to satsu.) Mokurokudai and naidai at head of each maki: Ato-oi 跡追. Hashiragaki: 跡巻一 (二, 等) + folio no. Edition: The first and only pre-modern edition. The same blocks were used for a reprint issued by Hiranoya Sahē 平野屋佐兵衞. Contents: A sequel to the same author's Kyō warabe, describing 68 places of interest in Kyōto and surrounding districts, including Itsukushima and the provinces of Yamato and Settsu. Contains a number of related legends.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Kōbunsō, 22 April 1959.

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 10.Geography and topography 地理・地誌 a.Regional geography and topography 地方地誌

Bibliography

Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 2, p. 205; Kohan chishi kaidai 古版地誌解題, p. 45; Kazō Nihon chishi mokuroku 家蔵日本地誌目録, vol. 1, p. 127; text reprinted in Shinshū Kyōto sōsho 新修京都叢書, vol. 1.