Abstract
Biwa dengyo shidai. Manuscript in the possession of the Research Archives for Japanese Music, Ueno Gakuen College. Single scroll, height 31.5cm. Cover of neutral-coloured paper with kirara-zuri (mica print) designs of Chinese flowers and snow. Title on cover “Biwa dengyo shidai Komyoin shimpitsu” (Procedures for the ceremony of transmission of the secret biwa [lute] tradition; in the hand of the ex-Emperor Komyo”, Emperor Komyo of the Northern Dynasty, ruled 1336-1348, died 1380.), written in different hand to text itself. Cover lining sheet of blank paper, width 20.7cm. Central spool of hard wood. Paper of tori-no-ko type, two sheets (first sheet width 43.3cm, second sheet 47cm). For description of contents see article in this volume by Iso Mizue, “Biwa hikyoku dengyo saho no seiritsu to haikei” (“The background and establishment of procedures for transmission of secret biwa [lute] pieces”).
