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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4820
Title:: Spiegel der Sprache von Koorai (Dschaō-siān) mit schinesischer u. japanischer Übersetzung
Scope & Content:: Chinese transliterated title on title page: Yn wâ chán dschaō siān wên kián. Title page continues: Die tausend Schriftbilder; Eine Samlung koraaïscher Worte; Koraaïscher Buchstabenlehre; Tagebuch schriftbrüchiger Kooraïer; Anhang von Gedichten. Contents: Transcriptions of several Korean texts ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese, German, Japanese, and Korean
Date Range:: 1850-1870
Extent:: 1 volume (61 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4821
Title:: Hakubutsusen 博物筌
Scope & Content:: Variant title: Daikōbon hakubutsusen 大広盆博物筌. Author: Yamazaki Ransai [Chōkei] 山崎蘭齋 [長卿]; editor: Kobayashi Kōetsu 小林高悦. Date: c. 1850-1875. Description: A late Edo/early Meiji Period copy of the dictionary first published in 1770 [Meiwa 7]. The copy is based on an edition printed in 1817 (Bu...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: [1860-1875]
Extent:: 1 volume (145 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 5450
Title:: Chōrui hyakushu 鳥類百種
Scope & Content:: Set of 8 volumes containing hand-coloured illustrations of birds, fish, insects and plants. Vol. 1 and 2: Chōrui hyakushu 鳥類百種, vols. 3 and 4: Kaisengyo hyakushu 海川魚百種, vols. 5 and 6: Chūrui hyakushu 蟲類百種, vols. 7 and 8 Sōkarui hyakushu 草花類百種.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1850-1898
Extent:: 8 volumes (215 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 5451
Title:: Edehon [畫手本] [画手本]
Scope & Content:: Date: c. 1850-1860. Description: Copies of works by various artists including Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙 (1733-1795), Ishida Yūtei 石田友汀 (1756-1815), Ike no Taiga 池大雅 (1723-1776).
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: [1850-1860]
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 5457
Title:: Mizukarakuri 水からくり
Scope & Content:: Author: Suishijin Donsei 醉此人吞盛. Date: 1860 [Ansei 7]. Cover title: 'Pamphlet about the Regent's murder 1860'. Description: An account of the assassination of Minister Ii Naosuke in 1860 [Ansei 7]. Part of preface reads: 庚申仲春酔此人吞盛述.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1860
Extent:: 1 volume (54 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 5979
Title:: Nageirebana kikigaki nanajūkajō 投入花聞書七十ヶ條 [投入花聞書七十ケ条]
Scope & Content:: Date: 1757 [Hōreki 7]. Description: A work on ikebana, the art of flower-arranging.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1757
Extent:: 1 volume (66 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 5980
Title:: Shuzu gōketsuki 主圖合結記 [主図合結記]
Scope & Content:: Date: c. 1850-1860. Description: Diagrams and descriptions of castles. Lacking volume 3.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: [1850-1860]
Extent:: 4 volumes (rebound in 1 volume)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 5981 A-C
Title:: Visitors' books of Kinryūin tea house, Kanazawa.
Scope & Content:: Three visitors books from the Kinryūin Temple 金龍院 tea house, Kanazawa 金沢containing sketches, poems and comments by Japanese and Western visitors between 1856 and 1883. Original title slip on volume 3 (Or 5981 C) reads: 書画雑詩. Includes one comment in Portuguese accompanied by a portrait (vol. 3 fol...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Japanese, and Portuguese
Date Range:: 1856-1883
Extent:: 3 volumes (356 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 6199
Title:: Kirishitan on'aratame goningumichō 切死丹御改五人組帳
Scope & Content:: Date: 1843 [Tenpō 14]. Description: A Christian affiliation register for Gosanjō-chō 後三条町 in Hikone. The register list 59 households and 309 individuals. The register was submitted to Nishio Jibunosuke 西尾治部助.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1843
Extent:: 1 volume

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