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91. 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

92. 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

93. 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

94. 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

95. 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.

96. 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

97. 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

98. Or 14480/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/4
Title:
Deyaparuma [Diapalma]
Scope & Content:
A description of the effects of a diapalma plaster, a European treatment favoured by Engelbert Kaempfer for the treatment of burns. Annotated on reverse: "Some obervations on lucky & unlucky days. Examined by Chetqua, 4 Jan 1771".
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet

99. Or 14480/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/5
Title:
Practice sheet of Japanese characters
Scope & Content:
A practice sheet of Kanji with corrections and pronunications added. A later English annotation (possibly by Sir Hans Sloane) reads “A vocabulary”. Undated but acquired by Engelbert Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet

100. Or 14480/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/6
Title:
List of Japanese government officials
Scope & Content:
List of names of various officials of the Tokugawa Bakufu with annotations by Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). Undated but acquired by Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692. Annotated on reverse: "Not understood by Chetqua, 4 Jan 1771".
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet.