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Treasures ofMitsui Collection

Owned by C. V. Starr East Asian Libraryfindings on the library in March 2016

Keisuke Unno
National Institute of Japanese Literature
Kotenseki Workshop (Workshop on Japanese Old & Rare Books)
C. V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley
March 11, 2016

三条西実隆肖像紙形 土佐光信筆
1501年（文亀元年）
東京大学史料編纂蔵

The Mitsui Collection has lots of the Sanjō-nishi (三条西) Family’s books,
manuscripts, and documents.
Sanjō-nishi-ke (三条西家) was a court noble family, and the hereditary
job of the Sanjō-nishi family was the composition and study on wakapoetry.
Sanjō-nishi Collection was divided into three major libraries’ and twoarchives’ collections; C. V. Starr Library’s, Waseda Univ. Library’s, Nihon
Univ. Library’s, Imperial Household Agency of Japan’s, theHistoriographical Institute of the Univ. of Tokyo’s.
I will introduce the Eisō (s) of the Sanjō-nishi family.
“Eisō” is a draft of waka poetry written by the author himself/herself.

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Sanenori
Eisō
実教詠草
a draft of waka
poetry composedby Snjōnishi
Sanenori,三条西実教(1619-1701)

gatten 合点: check to better works(by his teacher)folding
paper inhalf

titles of waka Potery, “連峯霞” ”春夕雨” ”咎言恋”
poetries*Two poems are

written for each
title. Better one ischosen by teacher.

author name
“Sanenori 実教”
teacher's
correcting
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teacher was not
written down here.

histeacher'scorrecting*The nameof his
teacher was
not written
down here.

author name
“Sanenori 実教”
titles of waka
poetry, “連峯霞” ”

春夕雨” ”咎言恋”

poetry*Two poems

were written foreach title. Betterone was chosen byteacher.

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Sanenori’s note

寛永十八二十七公宴月次 竹門〈良恕〉読合申了
中院大納言〈通村〉同端令定
This Eisō waswritten for thecourt nobles’ waka
party on February
17, 1641. Prince
Rōjo of Manshuinno-miya (15741643) andNamanoin
Michimura (15881653) checked andcorrected thepoems.

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The processofcomposing
waka poetry
for court
noble’s waka
party

詠草の作成, composing waka poetry and writing down on thepaper (making an Eisō)↓
和歌の添削 (Tensaku), checked and corrected by author’steacher(s)↓
懐紙・短冊の作成, writing the corrected and selected waka
poem(s) down on a Kaishi (懐紙, formal paper) or a Tanzaku(短冊, semi-formal paper)↓Hikō 披講, attending the waka party and read aloud the wakapoetry↓
御会集に記録, recording into the Gokaishū (御会集), thememorial documents of court nobles’ waka partyNIJL
Kaishi 懐紙
formal paper for waka party

Tanzaku 短冊
semi- formal paper for waka party

Asukai Masachika waka kaishi, 15th, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo
https://webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/show/C0068408

Sanjō-nishi Sanenori Tanzaku

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Gokai-shu
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国文学研究資料館（田安徳川家旧蔵）
一般 ナ2-415-1〜25
https://doi.org/10.20730/200009284

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Snjō-nishi
Famiry orschool,
三条西家・
三条西流
family of the wellknown poets,masters of waka
poetry studies

Sanetaka (1454-1537) 実隆
Kin’eda (1487-1563) 公条
Saneki (1511-1579) 実枝
Kinkuni (1556-1587) 公国 *premature death
Sane’eda (1575-1640) 実条→Waseda Univ. Library
Kinkatsu (1597-1626) 公勝 *premature death
Sanenori (1618-1701) 実教 →C. V. Starr Lib., 61 titles
Kintomi (1697-1745) 公福 → C. V. Starr Lib., 860 titles
Sanena (1727-1791) 実称 → C. V. Starr Lib., 1308 titles
Nobusue (1750-1800) 延季 → C. V. Starr Lib., 587 titles
Saneiso (1785-1836) 実勲 → C. V. Starr Lib., 157 titles
Suetomo (1811-1890) 季知 → C. V. Starr Lib., 384 titles*Some Nobusue’s, Saneiso’s, etc. are also housed by Waseda Univ. Library.

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SanenaEisō
実称詠草
a draft of waka
poetry composedby Snjōnishi Sanena,
三条西実称(1727-1791)

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NobusueEisō
延季詠草
a draft of waka
poetry composedby Snjōnishi
Nobusue,
三条西延季(1750-1800)

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SaneisoEisō
実勲詠草a draft of waka
poetry composedby Snjōnishi
Saneiso,
三条西実勲(1785-1836)

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Waseda Univ.
Library
早稲田大学図書館

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Sane’eda Eisō 実条詠草 Waseda University Library 早稲田大学図書館
http://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/he02/he02_04867/he02_04867_0022/