Accession no. FSC-GR-780.81.1-8

Title: Byōka suchi 病家須知

NIJL catalog no. 569

Volume number:

1 一/ 2 二/ 3 三/ 4 四/ 5 五/ 6 六/ 7 七/ 8 八

Variant titles:

Kotobukigusa ことふき艸 (daisen, vols. 5-7)

Toriagebaba kokoroegusa とりあげばゝ心得草 (incipit, vols. 7-8)

Contents/Foliation:

Vol. 1

Table of contents on cover

Preface signed Kakukei Dōjin 革谿道人 (Hirano Genryō 平野元良)

Vols. 2-3

Table of contents on cover

Vol. 4

Table of contents on cover

Book advertisements precede the colophon

Vol. 5

Table of contents on cover

Preface singed Shinsei 真静

Table of contents

Vols. 6-7

Table of contents on cover

Vol. 8

Postscript signed Ikeda Kiyotoshi 池田清年

Seals and inscription:

Vol. 1

Owner's seals: Pulverer, Saiki, Achiwa

Paper slip with handwritten information about title, date, and authorship of the book are pasted on front cover.

Vol. 2

Owner’s seals: Pulverer, Saiki

Other: printed label “Dr. Saiki’s Library” with information about previous call number (no. 2171)

Vol. 3

Owner's seals: Pulverer, Saiki

Other: printed label “Dr. Saiki’s Library” with information about previous call number (no. 2172)

Vol. 4

Owner's seals: Pulverer, Saiki

Other: printed label “Dr. Saiki’s Library” with information about previous call number (no. 2173)

Vol. 5

Owner's seal: Pulverer

Other: one undeciphered seal and three unidentified seals (seals read 東京医事新誌局, 隆峯足立氏蔵書記, 井上蔵書, 正■之印)

Vol. 6

Owner's seal: Pulverer

Other: one undeciphered seal and three unidentified seals (seals read 東京医事新誌局, 隆峯足立氏蔵書記, 井上蔵書, 正■之印)

Vol. 7

Owner's seal: Pulverer

Other: one unidentified seal (seal reads 楠), one purple stamp (産科婦人科), one cancellation seal (seal reads 消印)

Vol. 8

Owner's seal: Pulverer

Other: one unidentified vermilion seal (seal reads 内家文庫), two undeciphered seals

Additional colophon data:

Colophon on vol. 4 only. Mikaeshi of vol. 5, as well as the title pages of vols. 1 and 7 bear information about the year 1835 (Tenpō 5).

The colophon (vol. 4) lists four other publishers: Katsumura Jiemon 勝村治右衛門, Akitaya Taemon 秋田屋太右衛門, Izumiya Shōjirō 泉屋庄次郎, and Kobayashi Shinbē 小林新兵衛.

Notes: Main title from volume incipit of vol. 1

This eight-volume set is comprised of various works.

Detailed fukudaisen with table of contents on all volumes but the last one.

Vols. 5–8 are slightly larger in size than vols. 1–4.

Artist name from signature and seal on vol. 5 (sheet 4 verso) and vol. 7 (sheet 1 verso). Chinnen and Hirano collaborated on compiling Yōjōketsu 養性訣, a medical book published in 1835 (Tenpō 6).