A work on the design of official seals by Fujiwara Sadamoto 藤原貞幹 (1732-1797), copied by Ninagawa Noritane 蜷川式胤 (1835-1882). Colophon signed by Ninagawa Noritane and dated Ansei 6 [1859].
Date: 1851 [Kaei 4]. Description: Illustrations of animals and insects. Copied from a manuscript in the possession of the naturalist Sabase Hyōsaburō Yoshiyori 佐橋兵三郎佳依 [=Shikien 四季園] (fl. 1830-1840). Colophon at end of text reads: 嘉永四亥歳七月五日四季園先生所蔵借来而寫之八日而成.
An anthology of poetry by the 'Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry'. The right-hand side of each opening has a poem by one of the 36 poets written on a sheet of decorated paper ( shikishi) in the calligraphy of a prince or court noble. The name and title of the calligrapher is indicated on a paper sl...
Date: 1825? Translated title: 'Sounding bowstrings of the Tachibana family'. Description: A guide to the performance of the Shinto ritual 'Meigen no gi' in which bowstrings are sounded to ward off evil. The cyclical date 乙酉四月 occurs at the end of volume 1 and may equate to Bunsei 8 [1825].