Kyukokaku (English spelling) Ji-gu-ge; Chi-ku-ko

Japanese: 汲古閣 - きゅうこかく（英語表記）Ji-gu-ge; Chi-ku-ko

The name of a library built by Mao Jin (1599-1659) in Changshu County, Jiangsu Province, China, in the late Ming Dynasty. Blessed with wealth, Mao Jin made an effort to collect books widely, and the number of books stored in Kikokaku reached 84,000. The contents ranged from the Classics, History, Zi, and Ji, and the collection of Song editions in particular was said to be the best of its time. Many of the books in the collection, such as the Thirteen Classics Commentaries, the Seventeen Histories, and the Secret Book of the Jintai, have been reprinted and are widely circulated as Kikokaku versions. These include the Catalogue of the Secret Treasured Books of Kikokaku compiled by Zhu Jirong from the Qing Dynasty, and the Catalogue of the Revised Books of Kikokaku and Supplementary Catalogue of the Books of Kikokaku compiled by Zheng Demao.

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Japanese:

中国，明末に江蘇省常熟県の毛晋 (1599～1659) が建てた蔵書館の名。財力に恵まれた毛晋は広く書を集めることに努め，汲古閣に収蔵した書の数は8万 4000に上った。内容は経，史，子，集の全般にわたり，特に宋版本の収蔵は当代随一といわれた。蔵書中の『十三経注疏』『十七史』『津逮秘書』など多くの書は復刻され，汲古閣本として広く流布。清の朱記栄撰『汲古閣珍蔵秘本書目』，鄭徳懋撰『汲古閣校正書目』『汲古閣書目補遺』などがある。

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