Makishima akitake author (1 Ergebnisse)

Folio (28 x 37.2 cm). Pp. 1-148, 161-168, 149-160, 169-227. Text complete but bound incorrectly. With engraved title and three engraved plates. Text printed in Chinese and Japanese characters, title leaf in Latin. Lithographic portrait of Kuo is inserted but does not belong to this work (from Siebold's Nippon work). Original cloth, worn and stained. With marginal water staining throughout but still a very good copy of this scarce work. A reprint of Makishima Akitakes' famous dictionary "Wakan Onshakusho Genjikou" first published in 1717 (ca) and published many times from the mid to late Edo period. Setsuyo-shu is a collection of words for everyday use. "In short, knowledge of characters is necessary for both written documents and oral language, but this Setsuyoshu is a collection of words that considers how to write and interpret those characters correctly" (Nakata Etsuo / Kobayashi Shojiro, "Revised New Edition Shogenjiko Setsuyoshu Research and Index," Bensei Publishing, 2006, page 14). Akitake Makishima, is said to have come from a samurai family in Musashi Province who devoted his life to writing. This dictionary is one of his major works, it became hugely popular and read for a long time until the end of the Edo period. Siebold, famous German physician and scientist who spent seven years as physician at Deshima, the Dutch trading post in Nagasaki. On his return he brought back a huge collection of Japanese plants and animals, as well as many books and maps. Together with Hoffmann and Kuo Cheng-Chang he published Bibliotheca Japonica between 1833 and 1841. TOGETHER WITH: Isagoge: Pp. (ii) 28, 29-37. (2). Text in Latin. Contains an introduction to the Bibliotheca Japonicam by Siebold followed by an introduction to the Makishima dictionary by Hoffmann including a commentary on the Japanese language and a basic explanation of characteristics and structure. Concludes with two page preface to the first edition by Makishima dated 1698. An advertisement leaf is included. Cordier, BJ, 483.It is a valuable linguistic reference from the Edo period that covers Japanese and Chinese pronunciation, writing, and characters.…