抄録
The “Kansō-Roku”, written by KŌUN-DŌ Kanpo (pseudonym), is known as a sole woodcut fossil
shell book in the Yedo Period. First, we reprinted the full-text and translated the major parts in modern
language. Then, we studied this book from the view-points of paleontology and Japanese literature.
As the result of the present study, the following matters have been clarified:
1） The introduction by KIUCHI Sekitei was written at demand by request from a certain fossil
enthusiast SHŌHŌ-DŌ Keizan of the Owari Prov.
2） The identity of Kanpo is TAKEUCHI Sōsuke (?–1816), a haikai poet and a headman of Matsubara Village in the Sanuki Prov.
3） 112 lots of specimens mainly from the Permian to Pleistocene formations are illustrated.
4） Donners of fossil specimens are considered to include members of the “Rōseki-Sha” hosted by
Sekitei, Keizan’s acquaintances, and Kanpo’s friends.
5） The included poems are mostly written on bamboos and autumn.
6） There are only five common persons between fossil donners and poem writers.
7） The “Kansō-Roku” is a “chimera” book between an illustrated fossil shell book and a collection
of poems.
8） The “Kansō-Roku” is probably a commemorative publication of Kanpo’s receiving the privilege
of wearing a pair of swords (“Taitō-Gomen”) in 1804.
