Author: Obata Kagenori 小幡景憲 (1572-1663). Date: 1722 [Kyōhō 7]. Description: A work on military topics by Obata Kagenori, founder of the Kōshū School (甲州流) of military studies.
Orandajin sanpu hairei o-itoma nosetsu kenshi miwake nado kokoroegata 阿蘭陀人参府拝禮御暇之節検使見分など心得方
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Variant title on cover: Ranjin sanpu o-itoma no setsu kenshi kokoroegata 蘭人参府御暇之節検使心得方. A detailed account of the Dutch delegation to the Shogunal court in 1838 compiled by Arai Taemon 荒井太右衛門, a servant of the Governor of Nagasaki.
Annotated sketches, some coloured depicting an imperial procession. Based on earlier versions after the Kan'ei gyōkōki 寛永行幸記 which depicted the visit in 1626 (Kan'ei 3) by Emperor Go-Mizunoo and Empress Tōfukumon'in to the Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu at the Nijō Castle. The manuscript is undated ...
Title from title slip on front cover. Coloured illustrations of punishments and methods of execution. The manuscript is undated but the Siebold provenance indicates a date no later than 1862.
Cover from title. Title at head of text: 妙法蓮華經觀世音菩薩普門品第二十五. Description: The text of Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra (Skt. Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra). Text in Chinese characters with readings in katakana (in black) and hiragana (in red) added beside each. No colophon. c. 1850-1860.