Saifu
By: Kaibara Atsunobu henroku
Contributors: Japanese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Katsushima Kirokurō zōhan; Ueda Kahē; Ogawa Tazaemon; Ueda Hanzaburō; Yamanaka Zenbē
Published: 1815
Place of publication: [Kyoto]; Ōsaka; Kōto [Kyoto]
Language: jpn
Subjects: Vegetables; Vegetable Materia medica; Edible Wild plants
Other titles: Shosaifu
Description: Shokubutsu, honzō. Cf. Rare Book Project Team.
Notes: Caption title.

Preface by Ekiken Kaibara Atsunobu, the author, dated kinoe-saru no toshi [1704].

Originally published as: Saifu. [Osaka] : Morita Shōtarō ; [Kyoto] : Ogawa Tazaemon, Shōtoku 4 [1714].

"Shōtoku 4 ... Kyōhō 19 saikō"--Vol. 3, at end of text.

Possibly a later impression of Bunka 12 [1815] ed.

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

On double leaves, oriental style (fukurotoji).

LC copy wormed, with loss of text.

LC copy has previous owner's signature, and his seal (not identified) stamped, also date of purchase "Aensei 5 [1858] written-in.
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 21-shu, kinrui 15-shu, mokurui 8-shu ... tsūkei 139-shu.