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1. 16007.d.1/1-5

Reference (shelfmark):
16007.d.1/1-5
Title:
Collection of Japanese amulets (ofuda)
Scope & Content:
Albums of the type known in Japanese as ofuda harikomichō お札貼込帳 containing about 330 ofuda (paper amulets), including duplicates, on which is printed religious material such as figures of Shinto deities, Buddhas, high-ranking monks, Buddhist sutras, etc. The albums are undated but, judging by in...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1800-1894
Extent:

5 volumes

2. 16203.b.28

Reference (shelfmark):
16203.b.28
Title:
Zōsho mokuroku 藏書目録 [蔵書目録]
Scope & Content:
A photocopy of a 2-volume catalogue of Japanese printed books, manuscript and maps, containing 1,093 titles, acquired by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) during his two voyages to Japan (1823-18298 and 1859-1862). Compiled anonymously by his son Alexander von Siebold who sold the collectio...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 volume

3. Or 40

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 40
Title:
English-Loochooan dictionary.
Scope & Content:
Title continues: '...with many phrases in the higher style of the literati, and a glossary of derivatives from the Chinese language'. A dictionary of the Ryukyuan language by the Protestant missionary Bernard Jean Bettelheim. Undated but a reference in Bettelheim's journal records that he comp...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Japanese, and Okinawan
Date Range:
1846-1851
Extent:
1 volume (679 folios)

4. Or 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 41
Title:
Elements or contributions towards a Loochooan & Japanese grammar.
Scope & Content:
A grammar of the Ryukyuan language by the Protestant missionary Bernard Jean Bettelheim. Originally entitled 'Elements or contributions towards a Japanese grammar', with 'Loochooan &' being added later. Preface dated: Nafa [Naha], 4 September 1849.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Japanese, and Okinawan
Date Range:
1849
Extent:
1 volume (52 folios)

5. Or 857

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 857
Title:
Tōshō shinkun goijō 東照神君御遺狀 [東照神君御遺状]
Scope & Content:
Variant title: Tōshō shinkun hyakkajō 東照神君百箇條 [東照神君百箇条]. Translated title on spine: The laws of Gongensama. The political testament of the Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu originally written in 1615. The manuscript is undated but probably late Edo Period (1800-1850). The Siebold provenance means it mu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1800-1850
Extent:
1 volume (39 folios)

6. Or 858

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 858
Title:
Buke jūshichikajō 武家十七箇條
Scope & Content:
Translated title on spine: Rights and duties of nobility. The 'Seventeen laws for the military houses', a compilation of edicts issued by the Tokugawa Shogunate governing the responsibilities and activities of feudal lords and the samurai class. Manuscript dated Tenpō 9 [1838].　
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1838
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)

7. Or 859

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 859
Title:
Ieyasu-kō goyuikun 家康公御遺訓
Scope & Content:
Translated title on spine: Political and moral teachings of Tykoon leyasu. The political testament of the Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu originally written in 1615. The manuscript is dated Genji 1 [1864].
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
3 volumes

8. Or 860

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 860
Title:
Osadame hyakkajō yoroku 御定百箇條餘錄 [御定百箇条余録]
Scope & Content:
Title on title slip: Hyakkajō 百箇條 [百箇条]. Translated title on spine: Penal laws. A version of the Osadame hyakkajō, a code of rules for judicial officials originally enacted by Shogun Tokogawa Yoshimune in 1742. The manuscript is undated but the Siebold provenance indicates a date no later than...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1742-1862
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

9. Or 861

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 861
Title:
Tenpō gokaikaku nikki 天保御改革日記
Scope & Content:
An anonymous diary of the Tenpō reforms covering the years 1841-1843.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1843
Extent:
1 volume

10. Or 862

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 862
Title:
Saiban shiyō 裁判至要
Scope & Content:
Translated title on spine: Municipal law and police regulations. The manuscript is undated but the Siebold provenance indicates a date no later than 1862.　
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1800-1850
Extent:
1 volume