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HOYO RYOO HOSHI, illustrator: Taima Mandara kasetsu "Taima mandala classified by parts"; colophon dated Tenwa 2 (1682), signed Hoyo Ryoo Hoshi kore o zu su, Sonobe-shi Ryoon kore o shosu (calligrapher), Kokaku tsutsushinde hensu (compiler), Fujiya Gorobei-no-jo no Gojo Teramachi-bashi-dori Uemachi (publisher); fukurotoji-bon, 3 vols. (26.5 x 17.2cm. each), block printed, hand-applied color, in brown cloth wrappers woven with flowering plants, paper title slip untitled, sewn, fine impressions, slight worming restored, finger soiling, otherwise in good condition
Contents: Vol. 1, 21 leaves, numbered 1-3 and 1-18 bi, 1 p. preface titled Taima Mandara kasetsu jo, 4 pp. explanatory notes, 1 p. illustration of left hand with appellations of each fingers, 29 pp. text with 29 illustrations, 2 pp. text, 5 pp. text with 5 illustrations; Vol. 2, 21 leaves, numbered 1-21 bi, 1 p. titled Taima Mandara kasetsu kan chu, 22 pp. text with 22 single-page illustrations, 1 p. blank page; Vol. 3, 19 leaves, numbered 1-19, 1 p. titled Taima Mandara kasetsu kan ge, 11 pp. text with 11 illustrations, 1 p. text, 2 pp. text with illustrations, 1 p. text, 1 single-page illustration, 8 pp. text with 25 small illustrations, 4 pp. 2 double-page illustrations, 2 pp. 2 single-page illustrations, 1 p. text with 3 small illustrations, 4 pp. text and colophon, signed and dated as above, 2 pp. postscript dated Empo 4 (1676), signed Shaku ko haku batsu and sealed (3)
Contents: Vol. 1, 21 leaves, numbered 1-3 and 1-18 bi, 1 p. preface titled Taima Mandara kasetsu jo, 4 pp. explanatory notes, 1 p. illustration of left hand with appellations of each fingers, 29 pp. text with 29 illustrations, 2 pp. text, 5 pp. text with 5 illustrations; Vol. 2, 21 leaves, numbered 1-21 bi, 1 p. titled Taima Mandara kasetsu kan chu, 22 pp. text with 22 single-page illustrations, 1 p. blank page; Vol. 3, 19 leaves, numbered 1-19, 1 p. titled Taima Mandara kasetsu kan ge, 11 pp. text with 11 illustrations, 1 p. text, 2 pp. text with illustrations, 1 p. text, 1 single-page illustration, 8 pp. text with 25 small illustrations, 4 pp. 2 double-page illustrations, 2 pp. 2 single-page illustrations, 1 p. text with 3 small illustrations, 4 pp. text and colophon, signed and dated as above, 2 pp. postscript dated Empo 4 (1676), signed Shaku ko haku batsu and sealed (3)