Author/compiler: Ibaraki Shunsaku 茨木春朔, physician of Edo, also known as Jiōbō Tarutsugu 地黃坊樽次, 1614-71. Imprint: Kyōto, Nakamura Gohē, Kanbun 7, 1667. Kanki on last page of text reads: 寛文七年五月吉日 ／ 寺町二条下ル町 ／ 中村五兵衛. Description: 2 kan, formerly in 2 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 上) ff. 36; (maki 下) ff. 45. 26.2 x 18.3 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 20.4-20.9 x 16.2 cm. Single-line borders all round, including illustrations. No fishtail design on hanshin. Hiragana-majiri text, with printed furigana and dakuten. 10 lines to page, 18-20 characters to line. Original dark blue front cover of maki 上 only, with original printed title slip. Gedai: 水鳥記上 Naidai and gedai identical. Hashiragaki: Suichōki Jō 水鳥記上 (ge 下) + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: Two Kyōto editions are recorded: one in Kanbun 2 (1662) and the present one of Kanbun 7 (1667). Also an undated edition (probably Kanbun / Enpō period, c. 1665-81) published in 3 satsu, 15 lines to the page, by Shōkai 松會 of Edo. Contents: Humorous account of a sake-drinking contest held in Keian 1 (1648) between the author, Ibaraki Shunsaku, and Ikegami Tarōemon 池上太郎右衞門, also known as Daijamaru Sokofuka 大蛇丸底深, of Musashi. Written in a mock-solemn style parodying the style of gunki monogatari 軍記物語. Author's preface on ff. 1a-2a. Contents list (mokuroku) on fol. 2b of maki 上 and 1a-b of maki 下.
Suichōki 水鳥記
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or.75.g.11
- Dates of Creation
- 1667
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Fair. Worm damage chiefly confined to upper margins. Many leaves soiled by handling, and water stains in maki 上. Cover cropped at upper edge. Impression: Atozuri, from moderately worn blocks. Illustrations: Single- and double-page sumizuri woodcuts in an unsophisticated style on ff. 5a, 8a, 10a, 13a, 16b-17a, 19a-b, 25b-26a, 27a, 32a, 35b of maki 上, and on ff. 3b-4a, 6b, 18a-b, 21b-22a, 25a, 26b-27a, 28b-29a, 33a, 34a, 36b, 38a, 39a, 41b-42a and 43b-44a of maki 下. Artist unknown. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of Sir Ernest Satow, 英國薩道藏書, on first page of maki 上 and 下. On the same pages, small square red seal printed inkoku, Usuisōdō no in 于水艸堂之印, and larger oblong red seal, 對梅宇主萩原乙彦蔵于俳書二酉精舍 (seal of Hagiwara Otohiko 萩原乙彦). Manuscript notes: Note in red ink dated Enpō 8 (1680) on last page of maki 上, after end of printed text, giving background information on author and work.
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Acquisition Information
Acquired from William Anderson, 13 Feb. 1894.
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 f. Kana-zōshi 仮名草子
Bibliography
Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 3, p. 527; Kana-zōshi 仮名草子, vol. 2, pp. 15-6, 4 plates; Tenri toshokan kisho mokuroku 天理図書館稀書目録, vol. 3, p. 404; Nihon bungaku shoshi 日本文学書誌K, vol. 5, (上) p. 22.