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1161. Or 13130

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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

1162. 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

1163. Or 13137

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13137
Title:
Takarabune たから船
Scope & Content:
Cover on title slip: Takarabune たから船. Cover on case Kyōka takarabune 狂歌たから船. A collection of kyōka poems by various authors, interspersed with illustrations.　A list of poets and artists is included at the beginning of the volume. Dated Tenpō 11 [1840].
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
1 volume (30 folios)

1164. Or 13164

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13164
Title:
Jidai fudō utaawase 時代不同歌合
Scope & Content:
An anthology of waka poetry written for a competition arranged by Emperor Go-Toba ca.1232-1235. Copy undated but probably early Edo Period (c.1600-1650).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1600-1650
Extent:
3 volumes

1165. Or 13285

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13285
Title:
Ezo-shi 蝦夷志 ; Ezo dōchūki 蝦夷道中記
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title on front cover: Yezoshi. The undated volume contains copies (in two different hands) of two works describing the island of Ezo, modern Hokkaidō, and its inhabitants, the Ainu. Ezo-shi (folios 1-15) was originally written by Arai Hakuseki 新井白石. Preface signed Arai Kinmi 新...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1800-1850
Extent:
1 volume (75 folios)

1166. 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

1167. Or 13800

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13800
Title:
Daitō shinpan mitsugongyō. Preface 大唐新翻密厳経序
Scope & Content:
Title on box: Chūsonji kinginkyō dankan 中尊寺金銀経断簡. 24 lines from the preface of the Daitō shinpan mitsugongyō. Written in alternate lines of gold and silver on indigo-dyed paper. Mounted as a hanging scroll. In a wooden box. Said to have been commissioned by Fujiwara no Kiyohira 藤原清衡 (1056 -1...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1120-1185
Extent:
1 hanging scroll

1168. Or 13807

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13807
Title:
Zenmon senkunshū 禅門選訓集
Scope & Content:
Copy by the Buddhist layman Kōzan Sōkun 香山宗薰, dated Genroku 7 [1694]. Based on a text preserved in the Reigenzan Hōzōji 霊験山法蔵寺, Nagano. Colophon: 昔元禄七甲戌年林鐘十七日 / 霊験山法蔵沙門香山宗薰編集.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1694
Extent:
1 volume (124 folios)

1169. 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

1170. Or 13832

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13832
Title:
Isen inbunroku 異船隱聞録
Scope & Content:
Secret reports of the visits of foreign ships to Japanese ports1850-1855. The manuscript contains several records of coastal defence works undertaken by anti-foreigner and anti-Bakufu fiefs. There is also an account by one Kobayashi Shigesuke 小林重介 of Commodore Perry's treaty mission in 1854 with ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 volume (46 folios)

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