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991. Or 16051

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16051
Title:
Shin Yoshiwara jūni toki no zu 新吉原十二時之圖
Scope & Content:
Illustrated scroll by an unknown artist depicting daily life in the Shin Yoshiwara Pleasure District of Edo. Undated but probably early 19th century.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 scroll

992. Or 16054

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16054
Title:
Chinese poem on Spring by Sir Ernest Mason Satow
Scope & Content:
Chinese poem in 5-character quatrain form by the Tang dynasty poet Wang Bo 王勃 in the calligraphy of the diplomat and bibliophile Sir Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929). Signed as Seizan 静山. Text reads: 山川両処晩 花柳一園春 還持千日酔 共作百年人. Manuscript note on reverse of scroll reads : 最珍 前駐日英国大使アーネスト･サトー氏筆春之詩...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Japanese
Date Range:
1874-1884
Extent:
1 sheet

993. Or 16130

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16130
Title:
Jūgoban mushi utaawase 十五番蟲歌合
Scope & Content:
Illustrated scroll depicting a poetry comptetition between 15 pairs of insects. Later copy (18th century ?) of 16th century original.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 scroll

994. Or 16148

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16148
Title:
Taiseishū 大成集
Scope & Content:
Illustrated treatise on the Rikka 立華 style of flower arranging by Fujikake Nisui 藤掛似水. Dated Genroku 6 [1693].
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1693
Extent:
81 leaves

995. Or 16331

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16331
Title:
Bussetsu taihō bumo onjūkyō 佛説大報父母恩重経
Scope & Content:
Woodblock-printed Japanese edition of the 'The Sutra of Filial Piety', an apocryphal Buddhist text composed in China during the Tang Dynasty. Undated but an accompanying document attributes it to the Muromachi Period (1333-1573): 仏説父母恩重経 室町 / 朝鮮版摸刻. On verso a handwritten version of the Chinese...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1550-1600
Extent:
1 scroll

996. Or 16452

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16452
Title:
Kokin wakashū 古今和歌集
Scope & Content:
Title from title slip in centre of front cover. The first of the imperially-commissioned waka poetryanthology compiled at the beginning of the 10th century. The manuscript is said to be by the noted poet Nijō Tameyo 二條為世 (1250-1338)and is accompanied by documents supporting the attribution be...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 volume

997. Or 16453

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16453
Title:
[Arrival of Commodore Perry's squadron in Japan]
Scope & Content:
An untitled scroll depicting the arrival of the squadron of ships under the command Commodore Matthew Perry at Uraga Bay, Japan in July 1853. The coloured illustrations include the personnel, equipment and ships, the composition of the naval procession, official ceremonies at Kurihama and a view ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1scroll

998. Or 16922

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16922
Title:
Album of Japanese textile fragments
Scope & Content:
Album of the type known in Japanese as Kirechō 裂帖 containing 472 pieces of textiles (mainly Japanese but with a few Chinese examples) arranged on 77 leaves. Album has worn brocade covers and brass corner pieces. No text and no indication of former owners but probably assembled by a collector in ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 volume

999. Or 16934

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16934
Title:
Hyakunin isshu karuta 百人一首歌留多
Scope & Content:
A set of 200 cards for the Japanese poetry game (utaawase), consisting of 100 “yomifuda” or “reading cards” each with a hand-coloured picture of one of the 100 poets and the first part of one of his/her poems and 100 “torifuda” or “grabbing cards” with the corresponding second part of the poem. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1740-1769
Extent:
200 cards in a lacquer box

1000. Or 16955

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16955
Title:
Unjō zugaroku 雲上圖畫録
Scope & Content:
Title on title slip: Unjō zugaroku 雲上図画録. An illustrated manuscript depicting ceremonies, costumes, ritual objects etc. associated with the enthronement of Japanese emperors. The manuscript is undated but note on folio 5 refers to the entrhonement of Emperor Reigen in Kanbun 3 [1663].
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
c 1663
Extent:
2 volumes (39 folios)

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