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2031. Or 13131

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13131
Title:
Aoba no fue no monogatari 青葉の笛の物語
Scope & Content:
'The Tale of the Flute with Green Leaves'. Title on title slip: Aoba あお葉. Artist: Isome Tsuna 居初津奈, active 1680s-1690s. An illustrated otogizōshi story. The manuscript is believed to be the work of the female artist Isome Tsuna and therefore dates from the mid Edo Period (c.1680-1700). Su...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1680-1700
Extent:

1 volume

2032. Or 13138

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13138
Title:
Yŏjido 輿地圖
Scope & Content:
Cover title . Korean atlas including a world map, maps of the Korean peninsula, of each of the eight traditional provinces of Korea, of China and of the Ryukyu Islands. 1 Kyŏnggi-do 京畿道 ; 2 Ch'ungch'ŏng-do 忠淸道 ; 3 Chŏlla-do 全羅道 ; 4 Kyŏngsang-do 慶尙道 ; 5 Kangwŏn-do 江原道 ; 6 Hwanghae-do 黃海道 ; 7 P'...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1726-1786
Extent:
1 volume (13 folios)

2033. Or 13139

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13139
Title:
Yŏjido 輿地圖
Scope & Content:
Hand-coloured, woodblock-printed maps of the eight traditional provinces of Korea. 1 Hamgyŏng-do 咸鏡道 ; 2 Kyŏngsang-do 慶尙道 ; 3 Chŏlla-do 全羅道 ; 4 P'yŏngan-do 平安道 ; 5 Kyŏnggi 京畿 ; 6 Ch'ungch'ŏng-do 忠淸道 ; 7 Kangwŏn-do 江原道 ; 8 Hwanghae-do 黃海道. Possibly part of an album of 13 maps which would have ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1750-1800
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)

2034. Or 13144

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13144
Title:
Taedong yǒjido. 1-22
Scope & Content:
Manuscript copy of the set of 22 maps of Korea compiled by Kim Chŏng-ho 金正浩 (d 1866?). Each map has a list of the places contained within it written on the front cover. The set is undated but must date between 1861, when Taedong yǒjido was compiled, and 1897, when it was acquired by the Briti...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1861-1897
Extent:
22 sheets

2035. Or 13151

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13151
Title:
[Bilingual Turki-Chinese Laissez-Passer]
Scope & Content:
A laissez-passer granted to a Turkic man employed by Otani, a Japanese official undertaking a visit to Urumqi, possibly for an archaeological expedition. The Turkic man is named as Muhammad Ali Akhund, son of Ghiyas al-Din. The document asks that he be granted leave to travel to Urumqi with Otan...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai and Chinese
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 text, 1 f

2036. Or 13160

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13160
Title:
Taemyŏng kwangyŏ ko
Scope & Content:
A Korean copy of a Ming Dynasty Chinese atlas and gazetteer. Includes 26 maps of China and its regions, 1 map of Korea and 1 map of Japan. Undated but probably 19th century. Original preface dated 1610 (萬暦 38).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Korean
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
2 volumes (138 folios)

2037. Or 13277

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13277
Title:
Illustrated scenes from Sutasoma Kakawin
Scope & Content:
Parts of a Balinese text of the Sutasoma Kakawin called puniki Gili Mas. Incised scenes on palm-leaf, briefly described on the reverse in Balinese, apparently taken from Sutasoma cantos 66, 67, 69, 73 (according to information sent to the Library by Prof. J. Ensink). The scenes are not of a ve...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Balinese
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:

7 folios

2038. Or 13307

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13307
Title:
ရွှေဘိုမြို့ကြီးပုံ Rvhe bhui mruiʹ krīʺ puṃ
Scope & Content:
Gives measurements, buildings, names of gates. A description of the founding of the town is given above the map. A table in left hand column lists the kings of the Konbaung dynasty ending with Thibaw, and gives the numbers of years that each reigned. Map drawn by Maung Htu, retired Township Off...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Single folio

2039. Or 13326

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13326
Title:
Balinese unidentified MS.
Scope & Content:
Unidentified MS, in Balinese language and script. The MS is in three parts: A (ff. 1-45): Unidentified text, incomplete at end. B (ff. 46-48): fragment of a text, with 4 lines per page. C (f. 49): fragment, with 3 lines per page.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Balinese
Date Range:
19th-20th centuries
Extent:

49 folios

2040. Or 13329

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13329
Title:
Carita Yusup
Scope & Content:
Carita Yusup. A: ff. 1-117. Carita Yusup. Beginning intact but leaves outof order and some missing. The ending seems to be missing. Badly soiled, someleaves illegible. In verse. 4 lines per page. B: ff. 118-37. Yusup story, again. Leaves out of order,several missing, several soiled and badly...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

137 folios

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