[Woodblock and printed sheets from Ikku shokoku mongatari zue]
一休諸國物語圖會.

Format:

3D object

Contributor:

Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund.

Kikuya, Chobei, publisher.

菊屋長兵衛, publisher.

Language:

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Ikkyū, 1394-1481.

Ikkyū.

Wood-engraving, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868--Specimen.

Wood-engraving, Japanese.

Zen priests--History.

Zen priests.

Genre:

wood blocks (printing blocks)

woodblock (prints)

Physical Description:

2 woodblocks + 6 printed sheets ; 89 cm x 23 cm x 17-21 cm + 6 sheets 31 x 44 cm

Other Title:

Shokoku monogatari zue

諸國物語圖會

Place of Publication:

[Kyoto] : Kikuya Chobei, [between 1767 and 1816?]

[京都] : 菊屋長兵衛, [between 1767 and 1816?]

Summary:

Collection includes two woodblocks, carved on both sides, total of eight images. Woodblocks contain images and text from volumes one and four of a five volume set, "Ikku shokoku mongatari zue". Leaf and volume numbers are indicated by the column found between the text block and the illustration on each leaf (hashira). Cf., bookseller advert.

Images depict Ikkyu Sogun (1394-1481) in various places throughout Japan. Included in the collection are eight sheets with images printed from the woodblocks. Sheets are uncut.

Notes:

Cataloger supplied title.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Faye and Gerson Blatnick Special Collections Fund.

Kislak Center collection: publisher, artist, and engraver are unknown. Difficult to state with certainty which edition and year of publication plates and sheets were used.

OCLC:

1268532194