Gozanban

A general term for books published mainly by the Gozan Zen temples in Kyoto and Kamakura from the end of the Kamakura period (first half of the 14th century) to the end of the Muromachi period (second half of the 16th century). The contents are mainly Buddhist scriptures, mainly Zen books, but also include Chinese sutras, history books, and apocrypha such as collections of poems and prose by Du Fu and other apocrypha, which are necessary for the education of Zen monks. There were 300-odd Zen books and 100 Chinese books, totaling 400-odd books. It is said that there are about 1,500 copies of the Gozan edition still in existence (according to Kawase Kazuma's "Research on the Gozan Edition"). One of the distinctive features of the Gozan edition is that, unlike the Kasuga edition and Koya edition, many of them are reprints of Song, Yuan, and Ming editions from China, or Korean editions, that is, what we would call cover copies today. Another distinctive feature is that, because the publication was carried out by master craftsmen from China, such as Yu Liangfu and Chen Mengrong, the influence of Chinese printing techniques can be clearly seen in the printing and binding styles, such as the engraving of outlines, borders, and centering of the pages, which later became the basis for the style of Japanese block books.

[Kazumasa Kaneko]

"Study of the Gozanban by Kazuma Kawase (1970, A.B.A.J.)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

鎌倉末期（14世紀前半）から室町末期（16世紀後半）にかけて、主として京都・鎌倉の五山の禅院から出版された書籍の総称。内容は禅籍を中心とした仏典を主に、禅僧の教養に必要な中国の経書、史書、あるいは杜甫(とほ)などの詩文集、作詩作法書などの外典にも及んでいる。出版された書籍は、禅籍三百数十種、漢籍100種、総計四百数十種。現存する五山版は約1500部といわれる（川瀬一馬『五山版の研究』による）。五山版の特色の一つは、春日(かすが)版、高野(こうや)版などと異なり、多くが中国伝来の宋(そう)・元(げん)・明(みん)版および朝鮮版の覆刻本、すなわち今日でいう覆製本であるということである。いま一つの特色は、出版には中国から来朝した兪良甫・陳孟栄らの名工が従事したことから、印刷や造本の様式、たとえば匡郭(きょうかく)・界線(かいせん)・版心(はんしん)を刻するなどの点で、中国の印刷技法の影響が顕著にみられることである。そしてこの様式は以後日本の版本様式の基となった。

［金子和正］

『川瀬一馬著『五山版の研究』（1970・A・B・A・J）』

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