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 Images made available for download are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC 3.0) This metadata is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. Cambridge University Library (CC BY-NC 4.0) United Kingdom Cambridgeshire Cambridge Cambridge University Cambridge University Library FJ.734.2-3 Ise monogatari 伊勢物語 is one of the most important Japanese classics, which includes Japanese poems. This is the two volume Saga-bon 嵯峨本 edition (one of the early movable type editions). The Saga-bon series were published in a village called Saga 嵯峨 near Kyoto, by famous artists and merchants, such as Hon’ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637) and Suminokura Soan 角倉素庵 (1571-1631). In this particular edition, the illustrations 挿絵 and closing notes 跋 were printed by woodblock (seihan 整版). Ise monogatari 伊勢物語 (外題) The tales of Ise Japanese Number of maki 巻 (unit of division of a book): 2 kan 巻. Kokatsuji-ban 古活字版 (early movable type printing), Saga-bon 嵯峨本 edition. Ryōshi 料紙 in two colours. 2 satsu 冊, 大本 190 280

Kanji hiragana-majiri text

Fukurotoji袋綴 (’bag’ binding)

 1608 (慶長13) (慶長13跋刊) Saga 嵯峨, near Kyoto

Acquired from William George Aston Aston, William George, 1841-1911 in 1911 and with the impression of Ernest Mason Satow Satow, Ernest Mason, 1843-1929 ’s ex-libris stamp (Aston acquired from Satow at an earlier date).

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 Library of Congress Subject Headings Japanese Literature Noboru Koyama