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411. Or 15859

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15859
Title:
Aki no fūkei 秋の風景
Scope & Content:
'Autumn scenery'. Avant garde kanji calligraphy by Yamamoto Sayo 山本沙誉.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
c 2001
Extent:
1 sheet

412. Or 15861

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15861
Title:
Sō 創
Scope & Content:
'Creation'. Avant garde kanji calligraphy by Kitaoka Mizuto 北岡瑞人.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
c 2001
Extent:
1 sheet

413. Or 15862

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15862
Title:
Kaze 風
Scope & Content:
'Wind'. Avant garde kanji calligraphy by Sakai Keiko 酒井恵子.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
c 2001
Extent:
1 sheet

414. Or 15930

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15930
Title:
Genji monogatari. Tokonatsu, Suzumushi 源氏物語. とこ夏・すず虫
Scope & Content:
Text of chapters 26 (Tokonatsu) and 38 (Suzumushi) of the Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu 紫式部 (fl.1000). Calligraphy by Ryōmi了味. Early 17th century.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:
2 volumes

415. Or 15967

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15967
Title:
Saishiki Shiki jinbutsu no maki 彩色四季人物の巻
Scope & Content:
Illustrated scroll by Hatayama Kihō 畑山其鳳 showing women’s occupations and activities through the four seasons.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 scroll

416. Or 16050

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16050
Title:
Jigoku gokuraku moyō 地獄極楽模様
Scope & Content:
Illustrated scroll by Seigetsusai Eisetsu 霽月齋栄節 showing images of hell and heaven. Dated 12th month of Bunsei 9 [29th December 1826 to 26th January 1827] Colophon: 文政九丙戌歳十二月 霽月齋栄節筆
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1826-1827
Extent:
1 scroll

417. 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

418. 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

419. 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

420. 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