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1151. Or 12690

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12690
Title:
Taishokan [Taishokkan] 大織冠
Scope & Content:
‘The Great Embroidered Cap’. Title on title slip : たいしよくわん A kōwakamai (recitative dance) of unknown authorship composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). The text tells the story of Kōhakunyo, the daughter of Fujiwara Kamatari, a powerful noble of the 7th century and the only individua...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1580-1620
Extent:

1 scroll

1152. Or 12885

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12885
Title:
Hachikazuki はちかづき　[鉢かずき]
Scope & Content:
'The Girl with the Bowl on her Head', an illustrated otogizōshi story of the 'mamakomono 継子物' ('stepchild stories' or 'wicked stepmother stories') category. Of unknown authorship the tale was composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). It tells of a girl whose dying mother places a bowl on...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1640-1780
Extent:

3 volumes

1153. Or 12897

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12897
Title:
Hachikazuki はちかづき　[鉢かずき]
Scope & Content:
'The Girl with the Bowl on her Head', an illustrated otogizōshi story of the 'mamakomono 継子物' ('stepchild stories' or 'wicked stepmother stories') category. Of unknown authorship the tale was composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). It tells of a girl whose dying mother places a bowl on...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1640-1780
Extent:

3 volumes

1154. Or 12909

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12909
Title:
Kachō Fūgetsu 花鳥風月
Scope & Content:
‘Flower and Birds and Wind and Moon’. An illustrated otogizōshi tale of unknown authorship composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). Title on title slip: Kachō Fūgetsu 花鳥風月. Also known as Ōgiawase monogatari 扇合物語 (The Competition of Illustrated Fans). Summary: in the time of Retired Em...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1640-1680
Extent:

2 volumes

1155. Or 12979

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12979
Title:
Trade documents
Scope & Content:
Ten official trade documents written in Japanese from the 'Gaiban Shokan' (Foreign Correspondence) between the Japanese government (shogunate) and various foreign rulers or officials between the year 1604 and 1675. A mid-19th century copy of a transcript made in 1818 A.D. containing: Two Dutch ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Central Khmer and Japanese
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 scroll

1156. Or 12980

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12980
Title:
Documents concerning trade between Japan and Annam
Scope & Content:
Thirteen documents relating to trade between Japan and Annam in the 17th century. Documents dated 安南国 弘定二年 [1601]一弘定二十年 [1620]. Text in Kanbun. Probably copied in early 19th century.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1800-1850
Extent:

1 scroll

1157. Or 13025

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13025
Title:
Kunkunshi: Kokufū shigaku shamisen-fu
Scope & Content:
Work on Ryūkyūan shamisen music, including the text of the piece 'Kagiyade-fū bushi'. Based on Meiji Period edition printed in 1892. Colophon dated July 1951 [Shōwa 26].
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1951
Extent:
1 volume (17 folios)

1158. Or 13052

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13052
Title:
Calligraphy by Ueda Sōkyū
Scope & Content:
Four pieces of calligraphy by Ueda Sōkyū 上田桑鳩 (1899-1968) written at a demonstration at the Japan Information Centre, London, on 20th Oct 1966.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1966
Extent:

4 sheets

1159. Or 13123

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13123
Title:
Kirishitan shūmon aratame ofuregaki きりしたん宗門改御觸書
Scope & Content:
Records relating to registration of Christians. Dated 5th month of Shōtoku 1 [1711].
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1711
Extent:
1 sheet

1160. Or 13129

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13129
Title:
Taishokan [Taishokkan] 大織冠
Scope & Content:
‘The Great Embroidered Cap’. Title on title slip: たいしよくわん A kōwakamai (recitative dance) of unknown authorship composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). The text tells the story of Kōhakunyo, the daughter of Fujiwara Kamatari, a powerful noble of the 7th century and the only individual ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1600-1640
Extent:

2 volumes

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