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1191. Or 14480/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/3
Title:
Dai Nihon nengōzu 大日本年号図
Scope & Content:
A list of Japanese era names from 641 to 1688 with dates in western calender added by Engelbert Kaempfer
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1688-1692
Extent:
1 sheet

1192. Or 14480/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/4
Title:
Deyaparuma [Diapalma]
Scope & Content:
A description of the effects of a diapalma plaster, a European treatment favoured by Engelbert Kaempfer for the treatment of burns. Annotated on reverse: "Some obervations on lucky & unlucky days. Examined by Chetqua, 4 Jan 1771".
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet

1193. Or 14480/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/5
Title:
Practice sheet of Japanese characters
Scope & Content:
A practice sheet of Kanji with corrections and pronunications added. A later English annotation (possibly by Sir Hans Sloane) reads “A vocabulary”. Undated but acquired by Engelbert Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet

1194. Or 14480/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/6
Title:
List of Japanese government officials
Scope & Content:
List of names of various officials of the Tokugawa Bakufu with annotations by Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). Undated but acquired by Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692. Annotated on reverse: "Not understood by Chetqua, 4 Jan 1771".
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet.

1195. Or 14480/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/7
Title:
List of Japanese government officials
Scope & Content:
List of names of officials of the Tokugawa Bakufu with annotations by Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). Undated but acquired by Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet.

1196. Or 14566

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14566
Title:
Five Japanese woodblocks
Scope & Content:
Five carved woodblocks for printing advertisements for various medicinal preparations. Ōsaka, mid 19th century?
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
5 woodblocks.

1197. Or 14720

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14720
Title:
Yoshiwara jūnitoki emaki 吉原十二時絵巻
Scope & Content:
A picture scroll, with descriptive text, depicting life in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters of Edo. Copy by Iwamoto Kattōshi 岩本活東子 (real name Iwamoto Sashichi 岩本左七) of the no longer extant original by the celebrated ukiyo-e artist Kitao Masayoshi (Keisai) 北尾政美 (蕙斎) (1764-1824) with text by Santō ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
文久元年 [1861]
Extent:
1 scroll

1198. Or 14755

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14755
Title:
Uraga Eisen chaku mitori-zu 浦賀英船着見取図
Scope & Content:
Sketches of the Britsh vessel ‘The Brothers’ which entered Uraga Bay, Japan on 17 June 1818 [Bunsei 1] under Captain Peter Gordon. The manuscript is based on observations made by the Japanese official party which boarded the vessel and depicts members of the crew, their weapons, furniture and per...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1818
Extent:
1 volume (13 folios).

1199. Or 14756

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14756
Title:
Sanjūrokkasen zu 三十六歌仙図
Scope & Content:
Nanga-style scroll depicting the 36 Poetic Geniuses illustrated by Yokoi Kinkoku 横井金谷 (1761-1832).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
Kyōwa Period [1801-1804]
Extent:
1 scroll

1200. Or 14819

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14819
Title:
Certificate conferring Order of the Rising Sun on Admiral von Bendemann
Scope & Content:
Letters patent bearing the signature and seal of Emperor Mutsuhito [Meiji] conferring the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun on Admiral Felix von Bendemann (1848-1915), Commander of the German Cruiser Squadron in the Far East during the Boxer Rebellion. Dated The Imperial Palace, Tokyo,...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
明治39 [1906]
Extent:
1 sheet

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