Date: c. 1850-1860. Description: A version of the folktale Bunbuku chagama (The Lucky Tea Kettle), the story of the Buddhist priest Shukaku at the Morinji Temple, who turns out to be a raccoon dog tanuki) in human form. This manuscript is a copy of one written by Umedo Yōshō 梅戸養頌 in 1775 [An'e...
Title from title slip on left of front cover. Spine title: Monstrosities. Images and descriptions of supposedly real people born with physical abnormalities in the early 19th century: a child with prodigious strength; a woman with chicken's claws instead of her hands and feet; a man with an app...
Title from title slip on left of front cover. Variant title on 2 other title slips on cover 'Shisen no zu' 詩僊之図. An album of 36 poems by celebrated historical Chinese poets each accompanied by a coloured illustration of the poet. A preface pasted onto the 1st folio of the album is dated Jōkyō...
An album containing an extract from each of the 54 chapters of the 'Tale of Genji' on the righthand side of the opening and a corresponding painting by Sumiyoshi Jokei 住吉如慶 (1599-1670) on the opposite page. The extracts are written by imperial princes and high-ranking members of the Court of Emp...