List of names of various officials of the Tokugawa Bakufu with annotations by Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). Undated but acquired by Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692. Annotated on reverse: "Not understood by Chetqua, 4 Jan 1771".
List of names of officials of the Tokugawa Bakufu with annotations by Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). Undated but acquired by Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692.
Sketches of the Britsh vessel ‘The Brothers’ which entered Uraga Bay, Japan on 17 June 1818 [Bunsei 1] under Captain Peter Gordon. The manuscript is based on observations made by the Japanese official party which boarded the vessel and depicts members of the crew, their weapons, furniture and per...
Certificate conferring Order of the Rising Sun on Admiral von Bendemann
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Letters patent bearing the signature and seal of Emperor Mutsuhito [Meiji] conferring the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun on Admiral Felix von Bendemann (1848-1915), Commander of the German Cruiser Squadron in the Far East during the Boxer Rebellion. Dated The Imperial Palace, Tokyo,...
Album of paintings and poems by eminent Nanga and Shijō school artists and poets in the Kyōto/Ōsaka region including Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪 (1754-1799). One of the contributions bears the date Bunka 3 [1806].
Yoshida Seisai-ō juga no tame Ōkubo Shibutsu sensei hoka gojūmei shoga 為吉田静斎翁寿賀大窪詩佛先生外五拾名書画
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Handscroll compiled in celebration of the 80th birthday of Yoshida Seisai 吉田静斎 containing poems, calligraphy and drawings by 50 contributors including Ōkubo Shibutsu 大窪詩佛 (1767-1837).
Albums of paintings and poems by Shijō, Maruyama and Nanga artists from the Edo and Kyoto-Osaka areas. One illustration by Ki Hironari 紀広成 (1777-1839) is dated 1833 [Tenpō 4], another is signed by Hara Zaichū 原在中 (1750-1837) aged 84.
A manuscript copy of the work on Japan’s policy of national isolation by Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). Translated into Japanese from the Dutch version published in 1729