Author: Tokugawa Nariaki 德川齊昭 (1800-1860)Date: c. 1850-1860. Translated title: 'Memoirs of the Lord of Mito'. Description: Writings of Tokugawa Nariaki, Daimyō of Mito.
Variant title: Usō kanwa 雨窓閑話. Author: Matsudaira Sadanobu 松平定信 (1759-1829). Date: c. 1850-1860. Description: Discourses on history and politics by the daimyō Matsudaira Sadanobu.
Author: Obata Kagenori 小幡景憲 (1572-1663). Date: 1722 [Kyōhō 7]. Description: A work on military topics by Obata Kagenori, founder of the Kōshū School (甲州流) of military studies.
Orandajin sanpu hairei o-itoma nosetsu kenshi miwake nado kokoroegata 阿蘭陀人参府拝禮御暇之節検使見分など心得方
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Variant title on cover: Ranjin sanpu o-itoma no setsu kenshi kokoroegata 蘭人参府御暇之節検使心得方. A detailed account of the Dutch delegation to the Shogunal court in 1838 compiled by Arai Taemon 荒井太右衛門, a servant of the Governor of Nagasaki.
Annotated sketches, some coloured depicting an imperial procession. Based on earlier versions after the Kan'ei gyōkōki 寛永行幸記 which depicted the visit in 1626 (Kan'ei 3) by Emperor Go-Mizunoo and Empress Tōfukumon'in to the Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu at the Nijō Castle. The manuscript is undated ...
Title from title slip on front cover. Coloured illustrations of punishments and methods of execution. The manuscript is undated but the Siebold provenance indicates a date no later than 1862.
'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 ...