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1221. 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

1222. 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)

1223. Or 16956

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16956
Title:
Hatasashimono no zu 旗刺物之図
Scope & Content:
Manuscript by Rakuzanshi Seishōken 楽山子清嘯軒 containing coloured illustrations of flags and banners used by samurai families. Dated Enpō 7 [1679]. Colophon: 延宝七暦九月吉祥 / 樂山子清嘯軒.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1679
Extent:

1 volume (29 folios)

1224. Or 16957

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16957
Title:
Genpuku hōshiki 元服法式
Scope & Content:
An illustrated work by Ise Sadatake 伊勢貞丈 (1718-1784) detailing coming of age ceremonies (genpuku) for boys of noble birth. The work was originally written in 1764 but this is a late 18th or early 19th century copy.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1764-1850
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

1225. Or 16958

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16958
Title:
Iwai no sho 祝の書
Scope & Content:
Caption title. Title on title slip on front cover: Kamioki ika no iwai no hōshiki 髪置以下之祝之方式. An illustrated work by Ise Sadatake 伊勢貞丈 (1718-1784) detailing the ceremony of 'kamioki' , a ceremony where the child's hair is first allowed to grow, and other rites of passage for girls and boys. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1764-1850
Extent:
1 volume (50 folios)

1226. Or 16983

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16983
Title:
Sano-ryū hata hon 佐野流機本
Scope & Content:
Contains instructions and diagrams for setting up looms to weave textiles.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
ca 1850
Extent:
2 volumes

1227. Or 17023

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17023
Title:
Food offerings for Gosekku 五節句
Scope & Content:
The manuscript comprises eleven illustrations of foodofferings for Gosekku 五節句, the five annual imperial court ceremonies, and twenty-twoillustrations of different decorations for room divider screens. Each illustration is aqccompanied by a short explanatory text. The five festivals are: Jinjit...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1775-1825
Extent:
1 volume (18 folios)

1228. Or 17024

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17024
Title:
[Echigoya album of Japanese textile designs]
Scope & Content:
An untitled album of textile designs containing 35 water-colour illustrations depictingdifferent flower patterns. One design covers two pages and depicts phoenixesand flowers, sprinkled in gold. Hand-written captions in Japanese. The name Echigoya Magobē 越後屋孫兵衛 is written on theinside of the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1750-1800
Extent:
1 volume (18 folios)

1229. Or 17149

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17149
Title:
Ogata Gekkō gajō 尾形月耕画帖
Scope & Content:
An album of paintings by the artist Ogata Gekkō 尾形月耕 (1859-1920).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1890-1920
Extent:
1 volume (14 leaves)

1230. Or 17151

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17151
Title:
[Kujira monjo 鯨文書]
Scope & Content:
An illustrated report about a large whale which strayed into the Shinagawa ward of Edo in the 4th month of 1798 (Kansei 10) . According to the report, the whale was around 11.8 m long and 1.8m in height, with a blue and white-coloured body.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1798
Extent:
1 sheet

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