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71. Or.78.a.11

Reference (shelfmark):
Or.78.a.11
Title:
[Hyakumantō darani] [百万塔陀羅尼]]
Scope & Content:
Variant title: Mukujōkō daranikyō 無垢浄光陀羅尼經 [無垢浄光陀羅尼経] Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [printed by order of the Empress Shōtoku 稱德 in the years Tenpyō Hōji 8 天平宝字八年-Jingo Keiun 4 神護景雲四年, 764-70] (As recorded in Shoku Nihongi 續日本紀 and Tōdaiji yōroku 東大寺要錄) Description: 8 printed s...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
764-770
Extent:
8 sheets

72. Or.81.c.13

Reference (shelfmark):
Or.81.c.13
Title:
Hokke yūi 法華遊意
Scope & Content:
Author/compiler: Jizang 吉藏, 549-623. Imprint: [Nara] , Tōdaiji 東大寺, Kenchō 4 建長四年, 1252. Full-page kango on last folio verso reads: 廣令流布一乗教理普為弘通三論宗義 ／ 敬開一巻遊意欲傳諸方道俗願以此功徳 ／ 久護持正法六趣衆生皆發大心三界群類 ／ 悉到覺岸焉于時建長四年壬子十月七日 ／ 東大寺戒壇院沙門聖守謹題. Description: 1 kan, 1 jō. ff. [87] (unnumbered) + [1] blank leaf at ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1252
Extent:
1 volume

73. Or 876

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 876
Title:
Karaito. pt. 1 からいと . 上
Scope & Content:
'The Tale of Karaito'. A version of 'Karaito zōshi　唐糸草子', an illustrated otogizōshi story of unknown authorship composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). Karaito 唐糸 is the daughter of Tezuka Tarō Mitsumori 手塚太郎光盛 , a retainer of the feudal lord Kiso (Minamoto) Yoshinaka 木曽(源)義仲. Karaito ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1640-1680
Extent:
1 scroll

74. Or 877

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 877
Title:
Karaito. pt. 2 からいと . 下
Scope & Content:
'The Tale of Karaito'. A version of 'Karaito zōshi　唐糸草子', an illustrated otogizōshi story of unknown authorship composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). Karaito 唐糸 is the daughter of Tezuka Tarō Mitsumori 手塚太郎光盛 , a retainer of the feudal lord Kiso (Minamoto) Yoshinaka 木曽(源)義仲. Karaito ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1640-1680
Extent:
1 scroll

75. Or 903

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 903
Title:
[Shijūni no monoarasoi 四十二の物あらそひ]. Pt 2
Scope & Content:
Second part of a illustrated manuscript depicting a poetry contest on forty-two paired themes said to have taken place during the reign of Emperor Heizei (r.806-809). This scroll contains the final 10 pairs of poems. A further scroll (Or 902) contains the first part of the manuscript. The cover...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1680-1780
Extent:
1 scroll

76. Or 904

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 904
Title:
Ise monogatari zue 伊勢物語図会
Scope & Content:
An illustrated manuscript of 'The Tales of Ise' , a collection of waka poems and narrative text arranged in 125 sections, which recounts the amorous adventures of a central character popularly identified as the poet and courtier Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平 (825-880). Title on title slip: 伊勢物語圖會.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1520-1560
Extent:

3 volumes

77. Or 949

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 949
Title:
[Japanese confectionery designs]
Scope & Content:
Untitled manuscript containing illustrations and descriptions of Japanese confectionery (wagashi 和菓子).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1800-1850
Extent:
1 volume (17 folios)

78. Or 7449

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7449
Title:
Chōsen kokuji toku 朝鮮國字讀
Scope & Content:
A copy of a Korean reading book written by the Japanese scholar and bureaucrat Arai Hakuseki 新井白石 (1657-1725). The Korean rendering of the title is 'Chosŏn kukcha tok'. The text is in Korean Hangŭl script with a Japanese interlinear translation in katakana/kanji script. The colophon is dated 172...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese and Korean
Date Range:
1720-1885
Extent:

1 volume (37 folios)

79. Or 12174

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12174
Title:
Hashidate no honji 橋立の本地
Scope & Content:
'The True Form of Hashidate'. Also known as 'Bontenkoku 梵天国'. An illustrated otogizōshi story of unknown authorship composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573), it recounts the origins of the Nariaiji 成相寺 Temple at Amanohashidate. Title on title slip: 橋たてのほん地 一. Volume 1 of 2 only. The ma...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1600-1640
Extent:
1 scroll

80. Or 12227

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12227
Title:
Otekagami 御手鑑
Scope & Content:
A folding album containing 50 examples of calligraphy by Japanese historical figures ranging from the 8th to late 16th centuries. Begins with Emperor Shōmu 聖武天皇 (701-756) and Empress Kōmyō 光明皇后 (701-760) and ends with Kobori (Enshū) Masakazu 小堀(遠州) 正一 (1579-1647). Many of the specimens bear the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
750-1650
Extent:

1 volume (38 folios)