Old type edition - Kokatsujiban

Japanese: 古活字版 - こかつじばん
Old type edition - Kokatsujiban

These are books printed with movable type that were published over a 60-year period from the Bunroku era (1592-96) of the Momoyama period to the Keian era (1648-52) of the early Edo period. Until the end of the 16th century, all book printing in Japan was done using woodblock printing. Printing with movable type began at the end of the 16th century, when movable type printing technology was introduced from Europe and Korea, and the printing method introduced from Korea as a result of the Bunroku Invasion of Japan in particular prompted a major leap in Japan's publishing industry. First, in 1593 (Bunroku 2), Emperor Goyozei published the Kobun Kokyo (Ancient Filial Piety Text), and from then on, printing with movable type spread to the Keicho imperial edition by the same emperor, the Fushimi and Suruga editions by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the various temples in Kyoto, and the Sagabon editions by Hon'ami Koetsu and others, eventually overwhelming full-plate printing and marking the beginning of the era of the old movable type. What is particularly noteworthy is that not only the Japanese classics that had previously been passed down in the form of manuscripts, but also new works and original works of the time were successively printed in movable type.

[Kazumasa Kaneko]

"The Classic of Filial Piety"
Old type edition (Keicho Imperial Edition) Published in 1599 (Keicho 4) Owned by the National Diet Library ">

"The Classic of Filial Piety"


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

桃山時代の文禄(ぶんろく)年間(1592~96)から江戸時代初期の慶安(けいあん)年間(1648~52)に至る60年間に出版された活字印本。わが国における書物の印刷は、16世紀末まではすべて版木による整版印刷であった。活字による印刷が行われるようになったのは、16世紀末、ヨーロッパと朝鮮から前後して活字印刷技術が伝えられてからであるが、ことに文禄の役を契機に朝鮮より伝来した印刷方式は、わが国の出版事業に一大飛躍を促した。まず1593年(文禄2)に後陽成(ごようぜい)天皇勅版『古文孝経(こぶんこうきょう)』が出版され、以降活字による印刷は同天皇による慶長(けいちょう)勅版、徳川家康の伏見(ふしみ)版・駿河(するが)版、京洛(けいらく)の各寺院、本阿弥光悦(ほんあみこうえつ)らの嵯峨(さが)本へと広がり、一時は整版印刷を圧倒して古活字版時代を形成したのである。特筆すべきは、これまで写本の形で伝えられた日本の古典をはじめ、当時の新著、創作までも続々と活字印刷化されるようになったことである。

[金子和正]

『古文孝経』
古活字版(慶長勅版) 1599年(慶長4)刊国立国会図書館所蔵">

『古文孝経』


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