The Tale of Genji: Kogetsu-sho

Japanese: 源氏物語湖月抄 - げんじものがたりこげつしょう

A commentary. The author is Kitamura Kigin. 60 volumes, 60 books. Completed in 1673 (Enpo 1). Kigin studied under Minogata Joan, Matsunaga Teitoku, and others, and in addition to their lectures he compiled many old commentaries, and used them as headnotes and sidenotes, along with the appendixes such as dates and genealogies, for a very convenient book. It was reprinted many times as a printed edition, and was widely circulated until the Meiji and Taisho periods. However, the main text is of the Shohaku type, and as an Aobyoshibon book it is impure, so it is not highly valued today. [Imai Gen'ei]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

注釈書。著者は北村季吟。60巻60冊。1673年(延宝1)成稿。季吟は箕形如庵（みのがたじよあん），松永貞徳らに師事したが，彼らの講釈のほか多くの古注を取捨しまとめて，頭注･傍注とし，付録の年立･系図などと合わせて至便であったため，整板本として版を重ね，明治･大正時代まで広く流布した。ただし本文は肖柏本系で，青表紙本としては不純なため現在ではあまり重んじられない。【今井源衛】

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