Date: c. 1850-1860. Description: A version of the folktale Bunbuku chagama (The Lucky Tea Kettle), the story of the Buddhist priest Shukaku at the Morinji Temple, who turns out to be a raccoon dog tanuki) in human form. This manuscript is a copy of one written by Umedo Yōshō 梅戸養頌 in 1775 [An'e...
Title from title slip on left of front cover. Spine title: Monstrosities. Images and descriptions of supposedly real people born with physical abnormalities in the early 19th century: a child with prodigious strength; a woman with chicken's claws instead of her hands and feet; a man with an app...
Title from title slip on left of front cover. Variant title on 2 other title slips on cover 'Shisen no zu' 詩僊之図. An album of 36 poems by celebrated historical Chinese poets each accompanied by a coloured illustration of the poet. A preface pasted onto the 1st folio of the album is dated Jōkyō...
Author: Ichikawa Seiryū [Akira/Wataru] 市川清流 [皞/渡] (1822-1879). Date: 1862 [Bunkyū 2]. Description: An account of the author's trip to Europe as part of the Japanese delegation led by Takenouchi Yasunori 竹内保徳 in 1862 [Bunkyū 2].