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431. Or 16979

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16979
Title:
Album of Japanese kimono designs
Scope & Content:
48 hand-painted paper cut-outs of kimono designs. Some appear to be for use with Japanese paper dolls or 'Anesama ningyō' 姉様人形. Inscription on inside of back cover reads: Dai-nise Senjusai Masaharu 第二世 千寿齋雅春.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1900-1925
Extent:
1 volume (25 folios)

432. Or 16983

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16983
Title:
Sano-ryū hata hon 佐野流機本
Scope & Content:
Contains instructions and diagrams for setting up looms to weave textiles.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
ca 1850
Extent:
2 volumes

433. Or 16988

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16988
Title:
Gokaikō Yokohama gaikokujin jūtaku no zu 御開港横濱外国人住宅ノ圖
Scope & Content:
Topographical view of the foreign settlement in Yokohama following the opening of the treaty ports in 1859, showing individual plots occupied by named British, American Dutch and Portuguese businesses and households. Undated but between 1861 when the cathedral was built and 1866 when the origi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1861-1866
Extent:
1 sheet

434. Or 16991

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16991
Title:
O-ekagami
Scope & Content:
Japanese folding album containing 24 colour paintings. 12 illustrations represent the months of the year with poems on the theme of birds by Fujiwara Teika in the calligraphy of nobles and court officials.　The calligrapher's name and/or title is given on a paper slip alongside each painting. Sh...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1691-1693
Extent:
1 volume (6 leaves)

435. Or 17019

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17019
Title:
Nōmenzu 能面図
Scope & Content:
'Illustrations of Noh Masks'. Contains forty-five hand-coloured illustrations of masks for characters from Noh plays. Copied by Kensai 顕斎. Dated Tenpō 4 [1833]. Accompanied by a separate document (dated 1956) with descriptions for the various masks based on a reference work by Sanari Kentarō 佐成...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1833
Extent:
1 scroll

436. Or 17023

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17023
Title:
Food offerings for Gosekku 五節句
Scope & Content:
The manuscript comprises eleven illustrations of foodofferings for Gosekku 五節句, the five annual imperial court ceremonies, and twenty-twoillustrations of different decorations for room divider screens. Each illustration is aqccompanied by a short explanatory text. The five festivals are: Jinjit...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1775-1825
Extent:
1 volume (18 folios)

437. Or 17024

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17024
Title:
[Echigoya album of Japanese textile designs]
Scope & Content:
An untitled album of textile designs containing 35 water-colour illustrations depictingdifferent flower patterns. One design covers two pages and depicts phoenixesand flowers, sprinkled in gold. Hand-written captions in Japanese. The name Echigoya Magobē 越後屋孫兵衛 is written on theinside of the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1750-1800
Extent:
1 volume (18 folios)

438. Or 17149

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17149
Title:
Ogata Gekkō gajō 尾形月耕画帖
Scope & Content:
An album of paintings by the artist Ogata Gekkō 尾形月耕 (1859-1920).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1890-1920
Extent:
1 volume (14 leaves)

439. Or 17151

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17151
Title:
[Kujira monjo 鯨文書]
Scope & Content:
An illustrated report about a large whale which strayed into the Shinagawa ward of Edo in the 4th month of 1798 (Kansei 10) . According to the report, the whale was around 11.8 m long and 1.8m in height, with a blue and white-coloured body.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1798
Extent:
1 sheet

440. Sloane 4090/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane 4090/1
Title:
Gojōmoku 御條目
Scope & Content:
Five regulations issued by the Tokugawa government concerning the conduct of Dutch merchants in Japan. Read out to the Captain of the Dutch trading factory at his annual audience with the Shogun, the regulations prohibit: collaboration with the Portuguese, smuggling, propagation of Christianit...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet