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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12885
Title:: Hachikazuki はちかづき　[鉢かずき]
Scope & Content:: 'The Girl with the Bowl on her Head', an illustrated otogizōshi story of the 'mamakomono 継子物' ('stepchild stories' or 'wicked stepmother stories') category. Of unknown authorship the tale was composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). It tells of a girl whose dying mother places a bowl on...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1640-1780
Extent:: 3 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12886, text 5
Title:: [Legal document]
Scope & Content:: A legal document dated 1298 AH (1880-81 CE), once used as a wrapper for Chinese and Uighur fragments; with two similar documents on the verso, dated 1286 AH (1869-70 CE) and 1305 AH (1887-88 CE). The texts were produced at Khotan.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chagatai
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: Codex, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12897
Title:: Hachikazuki はちかづき　[鉢かずき]
Scope & Content:: 'The Girl with the Bowl on her Head', an illustrated otogizōshi story of the 'mamakomono 継子物' ('stepchild stories' or 'wicked stepmother stories') category. Of unknown authorship the tale was composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). It tells of a girl whose dying mother places a bowl on...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1640-1780
Extent:: 3 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12912
Title:: Tongsa kangyo
Scope & Content:: Collection of extracts from works on Korean history. Compiled 1857-1858 according to a postscript by the son of the unknown compiler written at Changdongchang in the 9th month 1884 (folios 761-764). Title page: Tongsa kangyo / Kapshin kyech'u / Changdongchang ch'aek 東史綱要 / 甲申季秋 / 倉洞粧冊.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Korean
Date Range:: 1857-1858
Extent:: 2 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13035
Title:: Tong'ingyŏng mobon pu Shinŭnggyŏng hyŏlto 銅人經模本附神應經穴圖
Scope & Content:: Title from wrapper. Set of diagrams showing acupuncture points. Consisting of: 1. Tong'in shibi kyŏnghyŏlto : Tanghwa mobon pu Shinŭnggyŏng hyŏlbŏpto, changbu chŏndo, pukpu hyŏlto, paebu hyŏlto pyŏng sippālpōk 銅人十二經穴圖 : 唐畫模本附神應經穴法圖臓腑全圖腹部全圖背部全圖並十八幅. 2. Tong'in chŏnp'ok 銅人前幅. 3. Tong'in h...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Korean
Date Range:: 1800-1900
Extent:: 1 volume + 4 sheets

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13095
Title:: Lontar fragments, in Balinese.
Scope & Content:: Lontar fragments, in Balinese. Including: (a, f. 1) 1 palm-leaf, 600 x 40 mm, no holes, knotted at right end; a Panji fragment. (b, ff. 2-4) 3 palm-leaves, 450 x 40 mm; in which Ki Amad is mentioned. (c, ff. 5-6) 2 palm-leaves, 680 x 35 mm, f. 6 cut diagonally at the end; another Ki Amad f...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Balinese
Date Range:: 19th-20th centuries
Extent:: folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13120
Title:: Sŏngbo
Scope & Content:: Title from cover. Set of genealogies of Korean families. Vol 1: Yi 李. Vol. 2 [乙]: Yi 李, Kim 金, Pak 朴, Yun 尹, Sim 沈, Cho 趙, Han 韓, Min 閔. Vol. 3 [丙]: Kwŏn 權, Chŏng 鄭, Sin 申, Hong 洪, Sŏ 徐, Nam 南, Yu 兪, Hwang 黄, Cho 曺, Ch’oe 崔. Vol. 4 [丁]: Ryu 柳, Song 宋, Im 任, An 安, Chang 張, Kang 姜, Ku 具, O ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Korean
Date Range:: 1907-1926
Extent:: 4 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13129
Title:: Taishokan [Taishokkan] 大織冠
Scope & Content:: ‘The Great Embroidered Cap’. Title on title slip: たいしよくわん A kōwakamai (recitative dance) of unknown authorship composed during the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). The text tells the story of Kōhakunyo, the daughter of Fujiwara Kamatari, a powerful noble of the 7th century and the only individual ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1600-1640
Extent:: 2 volumes

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