Shisho wakan gounzu or Shisho wakan koto hennen gounzu [A Chronology of Japanese and Chinese...
First edition and very rare; this book is based on the Jusen wakan koto hennen gounzu (ca. 1611) by Nichisei (or Nichisho or Enchi, 1554-1614), a priest at the Yohoji Temple in Kyoto, where they printed “a series of important books…between 1600 and 1614” (Chibbett) with movable types. Nichisei supervised the temple’s printing program and also wrote and edited most of the works himself. Chronology was used in this work to legitimize the ruling families and dynasties and to provide a historical context and memory.
Yoshida (1598-1672), a member of a prominent family of physicians and engineers, is most famous... More