Ohio University, folio-east-07a

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30468

Shelfmark:

folio-east-07a

Title:

Foliophiles Eastern leaf 07a: Buddhist scripture, Japan, 1449

Buddhist scriptures

Place:

Japan

Japan TGN

Date:

1449

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Chinese

Chinese WIKIDATA

Material:

Paper (fiber product)

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Paper (fiber product); 25.8 cm x 33.8 cm

Former Owner(s):

Gakuko-do

Note:

Decoration: Calligraphy (Visual Works); Marginalia (annotations);
Provenance: This leaf is from a portfolio compiled by The Foliophiles Inc. in 1928 and issued as a limited edition under the title "Specimens of Oriental Mss and Printing."
Provenance: The set of leaves belonging to Ohio University is number 13 of 120.
Provenance: The transcribed labels accompanying these leaves were originally written by The Foliophiles, Inc., a now-defunct New York association of rare book dealers that was also known as the Society of Foliophiles.
Provenance: Between 1925 and 1968 The Foliophiles disbound hundreds of historical texts and assembled them into several thematic portfolio sets.
Provenance: These were then issued in “editions” of between 15 and 200 leaves. Universities across America subsequently purchased these portfolios as teaching tools.
Provenance: While a small number of the selected leaves come from other cultures, the vast majority are from European texts. The collecting and marketing practices of The Foliophiles reflect the values of the members of the association and the contemporary American rare book market.
Provenance: Original descriptions, therefore, may contain outdated language, speculation, or inaccurate information.
The following text is based on the original seller's label. FROM TWO JAPANESE MANUSCRIPTS
The first consists of portions of the Chinese Buddhist Scriptures copied by a priest named Yei Chin in the Spring of the sixth year of Bun-an (A.D. 1449)
This manuscript became the property of one of the Kyoto temples, but in 1875, we learn from an inscription on the fly leaf, it fell into the hands of one Gakuko-do, a devout man albeit a collector!
Although Japan came under the cultural sway of China through the influence of Confucianism, the bond was greatly strengthened by the rapid spread of Buddhism, which by the 7th Century had become the dominant religion
With Chinese culture came the Chinese language, to be literally grafted on the Japanese
Although a syllabary was later devised, or rather two syllabaries, known as Kana, and inflections introduced, Chinese character symbols have reigned supreme to the present day.
Specimens of Eastern Manuscripts and Printing

Keyword:

religious texts

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/4900

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:4900/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University