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241. 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

242. 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)

243. 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

244. 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

245. 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)

246. 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

247. 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)

248. Or 13839

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13839
Title:
Tengu no dairi 天狗の内裏
Scope & Content:
‘The Palace of the Tengu’. Title on title slip: 天狗の内裏. 上 (下）. An otogizoshi of unknown authorship of the Hōganmono ('Magistrate' i.e. Yoshitsune) genre recounting an episode from the life of the tragic hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経, younger brother of Shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo 源頼朝. Summary...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1560-1600
Extent:

2 scrolls

249. Or 13926

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13926
Title:
Myōhō rengekyō gohyaku deshi jukihon daihachi 妙法蓮華経五百弟子受記品第八
Scope & Content:
Title from beginning of text. Cover title: Gohyakuhon 五百品. Chapter 8 of the Lotus Sutra (Sanskrit. Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra). An elaborately decorated manuscript of Chapter Eight of the Lotus Sutra (Skt. Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra) the “Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples”, b...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1636
Extent:
1 scroll

250. Or 14138

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14138
Title:
Myō̄hōrengekyō Kanjibon 妙法蓮華經勸持品 [妙法蓮華経勧持品]
Scope & Content:
Text of Chapter 13 of the Lotus Sutra (Skt: Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra). Written in gold on indigo-dyed paper and decorated with lotus design in gold and silver leaf. Early 17th century.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1600-1650
Extent:
1 scroll