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Book/Printed Material Yu ming tang zhai ping Wang Yanzhou xian sheng yan yi bian : shi yi juan 玉茗堂摘評王弇洲先生艷異編 : 十二卷 / / Yan yi bian

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About this Item

Title

  • Yu ming tang zhai ping Wang Yanzhou xian sheng yan yi bian : shi yi juan

Other Title

  • 玉茗堂摘評王弇洲先生艷異編 : 十二卷 /
  • Yan yi bian

Summary

  • The illustrations in the "Yan yi shi er tu" portion show twelve beautiful ladies following Luoshen, the deity of beauty; the quality of the illustrations show the skills of the printers; a red seal inscription is attached to each illustration.

Names

  • Tang, Xianzu, 1550-1616, ping.
  • Wang, Shizhen, 1526-1590, zhuan.
  • Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress).

Created / Published

  • [China : publisher not identified, Ming dai, between 1560 and 1644?]

Notes

  • -  In case.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  明刻朱墨套印本. Late Ming Dynasty woodblock print with red and black ink overlayed.
  • -  九行二十字. Nine lines, with twenty characters per line.
  • -  明刻朱墨套印本 白紙 版匡上小字雙行四字 版匡高20.8 寬13.9公分.
  • -  函面、函脊均題"艷異編，明閔刻本，全"。無書名葉。卷首額題"玉茗堂摘評王弇州先生艷異編卷一"，下無署名。版心上題"艷異編"，中題卷次，下題每卷頁碼。冊1含湯顯祖（玉茗居士）敘，息菴居士小引，無瑕道人艷異十二圖說，艷異十二圖，目錄，卷1-2。冊2含卷3-4，冊3含卷5-6，冊4含卷7-8，冊5含卷9-10，冊6含卷11-12，無瑕道人跋。此書所刻艷異十二圖為自洛神以下12美女，綫條流暢，刻印精緻，每圖旁有朱印題字。據無瑕道人圖說："按古今傳奇行於世者，靡不有圖。迺此編尤膾炙人口，而未之見。因廣購海内名筆，得仇十洲家藏稿十二幅，精工摹刻，以弁諸簡端，俾觀者目炫心飛，足稱一時之大快云。" 仇十洲即明四大畫家之一仇英，擅繪人物，尤長仕女，此十二圖當出其手，殊為難得.

Medium

  • 6 volumes : illustrations

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012402344

OCLC Number

  • 17764358

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Tang, Xianzu, Ping, Shizhen Wang, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Yu ming tang zhai ping Wang Yanzhou xian sheng yan yi bian: shi yi juan. [China: publisher not identified, ming dai, between 1560 and 1644?, 1600] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012402344/.

APA citation style:

Tang, X., Wang, S. & Chinese Rare Book Collection. (1600) Yu ming tang zhai ping Wang Yanzhou xian sheng yan yi bian: shi yi juan. [China: publisher not identified, ming dai, between 1560 and 1644?] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012402344/.

MLA citation style:

Tang, Xianzu, Ping, Shizhen Wang, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Yu ming tang zhai ping Wang Yanzhou xian sheng yan yi bian: shi yi juan. [China: publisher not identified, ming dai, between 1560 and 1644?, 1600] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012402344/>.