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101. Or 13129

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13129
Title:
Taishokan [Taishokkan] 大織冠
Scope & Content:
‘The Great Embroidered Cap’. Title on title slip: たいしよくわん A kōwakamai (recitative dance) of unknown authorship composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). The text tells the story of Kōhakunyo, the daughter of Fujiwara Kamatari, a powerful noble of the 7th century and the only individual ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1600-1640
Extent:

2 volumes

102. Or 13130

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13130
Title:
Bunshō no sōshi 文正草子
Scope & Content:
'The Tale of Bunshō'. Title on title slip: Bunshō ぶんしゃう. An illustrated otogizōshi story of the 'rishhin shusse 立身出世' (rags to riches) category. Of unknown authorship but composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). Summary: a man named Bunta was a servant in the employ of the Chief Pries...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1640-1680
Extent:

3 volumes

103. Or 13131

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13131
Title:
Aoba no fue no monogatari 青葉の笛の物語
Scope & Content:
'The Tale of the Flute with Green Leaves'. Title on title slip: Aoba あお葉. Artist: Isome Tsuna 居初津奈, active 1680s-1690s. An illustrated otogizōshi story. The manuscript is believed to be the work of the female artist Isome Tsuna and therefore dates from the mid Edo Period (c.1680-1700). Su...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1680-1700
Extent:

1 volume

104. Or 13385

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13385
Title:
Matsutake monogatari 松竹物語
Scope & Content:
'The Tale of the Pine and Bamboo'. Title on title slip: 'Matsutake monogatari emaki 松竹物語絵巻. An illustrated otogizōshi story of unknown authorship composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). It tells of a married couple who lived for a thousand years in the days of Emperor Itoku 懿徳天皇, tradi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1640-1680
Extent:
1 scroll

105. Or 13822

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13822
Title:
Yuriwaka Daijin ゆりわか大臣 [由利若大臣]
Scope & Content:
'The story of Minister Yuriwaka'. A lavishly illustrated manuscript of the Kōwakamai (recitative dance) also known as 'Yuriwaka Daijin monogatari 百合若大臣物語'. Of unknown authorship but composed during the late Muromachi Period (c.1500-1573). Title on title slips: scroll 1: ゆりわか大臣　上, scroll 2: 由利若...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1640-1680
Extent:

3 scrolls

106. Or 13839

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13839
Title:
Tengu no dairi 天狗の内裏
Scope & Content:
‘The Palace of the Tengu’. Title on title slip: 天狗の内裏. 上 (下）. An otogizoshi of unknown authorship of the Hōganmono ('Magistrate' i.e. Yoshitsune) genre recounting an episode from the life of the tragic hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経, younger brother of Shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo 源頼朝. Summary...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1560-1600
Extent:

2 scrolls

107. Or 13926

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13926
Title:
Myōhō rengekyō gohyaku deshi jukihon daihachi 妙法蓮華経五百弟子受記品第八
Scope & Content:
Title from beginning of text. Cover title: Gohyakuhon 五百品. Chapter 8 of the Lotus Sutra (Sanskrit. Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra). An elaborately decorated manuscript of Chapter Eight of the Lotus Sutra (Skt. Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra) the “Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples”, b...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1636
Extent:
1 scroll

108. Or 14480/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/1
Title:
Deshima monkan 出島門鑑
Scope & Content:
A handwritten copy of a wooden pass issued by the Otona 乙名 of Moto-Furukawa-machi 本古川町 Nakano Jinzaemon 中野甚左衛門 allowing access to the island of Deshima for a servant. Probably issued for Engelbert Kaempfer’s servant Imamura Gen’emon 今村源右衛門 (1671-1736).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet.

109. Or 14480/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/2
Title:
Ukejō no koto 請状之事
Scope & Content:
Written guarantee from Irako Yajirō 伊良子弥次郎 to the official in charge of the island of Deshima for the good conduct of Imamura Gen’emon 今村源右衛門 (1671-1736), servant of Engelbert Kaempfer. Bears annotations and partial transcription in Kaempfer’s hand. Annotation on reverse: "A treatise of the dut...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1692
Extent:
1 sheet

110. Or 14480/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/3
Title:
Dai Nihon nengōzu 大日本年号図
Scope & Content:
A list of Japanese era names from 641 to 1688 with dates in western calender added by Engelbert Kaempfer
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1688-1692
Extent:
1 sheet