Saifu
Contributors: Japanese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Morita Shōtarō; Ogawa Tazaemon renkoku
Published: 1714
Place of publication: [Osaka]; [Kyoto]
Language: jpn
Subjects: Vegetables; Vegetable Materia medica; Edible Wild plants
Description: Honzōsho. Cf. Rare Book Project Team.
Notes: Title from title piece.

Preface by Ekiken Kaibara Atsunobu, the author, dated Hōei hajime no toshi [1704].

LC set 1 bound in 1, possibly subsequent to publication; originally published in 3 v. in 3. Cf. Kokusho sōmokuroku.

Within single border (18.5 x 13.0 cm.), text in 10 vertical lines.

On double leaves, oriental style (fukurotoji).

LC set 1 wormed, with loss of text.

LC set 2 incomplete: library has v. 2 only.

Kokusho kaidai, p. 701 (Saifu, 3-kan, by Kaibara Ekiken).

Kokusho sōmokuroku, v. 4, p. 560 (Shosaifu, s-kan 3-satsu, variant: Saifu, by Kaibara Ekiken).
Table of contents: title: 1-kan. Jo, sōron, hosai jō 17-shu; title: 2-kan. Hosai ge 26-shu, rasai 11-shu; title: 3-kan. Ne o mochiyu sairui 9-shu, kokurui ... 10-shu, yasai 12-shu, suisai 10-shu, kaisai 18-shu, kinrui 15-shu, mokurui 8-shu ... tsūkei 136-shu.