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Reference (shelfmark):: 16034.b.22
Title:: Zukai honzō 圖解本艸 [図解本草]
Scope & Content:: Author/compiler: Shimotsu Mototomo (or Genchi) 下津元知, writer on botany, fl. late-17th century. Imprint: Edo, Fujimoto Heizaemon; Kyōto, Tanaka Rihē, Jōkyō 2, 1685. Kanki on fol. 32b of maki 10 reads: 于時貞享二乙丑年三月上旬／書林／江戸日本橋青物町／藤本兵左衛門／京柳馬場二條上町／田中理兵衛／開板. Description: 10 kan, 10 satsu, i...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1685
Extent:: 10 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: 16052.f.28
Title:: Hōryaku kanki 保暦間記
Scope & Content:: Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [latter part of Keichō period, c. 1605-15] . No colophon. Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, in a chitsu case. ff. 72. 28.7 x 19.8 cm. Fukurotoji. Movable type. Printing frame 23.2 x 17.6 cm. Single-line borders. 'Flower petal' fishtail design on hanshi...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: [1605-1615]
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: 16087.b.8
Title:: Nichiren shōnin chūgasan 日蓮聖人註畫讃 [日蓮聖人註画讃]
Scope & Content:: Variant title: E-iri Nichiren ichidaiki 繪入日蓮一代記 [絵入日蓮一代記] Author/compiler: Nitchō 日澄, Nichiren priest, 1441-1510. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Tenna 3, 1683 ?]. No kanki. Description: 5 kan, formerly in 3 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 1) ff. 1-9a; (2) ff. 9b-15; (3) ff. 16-22; (4) ff....
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1683
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: 16104.b.20
Title:: [Chikamatsu shōhonshū] [近松正本集]
Scope & Content:: Author/compiler: Chikamatsu Monzaemon 近松門左衞門, 1653-1725. Imprint: Some volumes contain a kanki, others not. Of those with kanki, only two are dated. Kanki of Aizomegawa 藍染川 (1684) and Sasaki senjin 佐々木先陣 read as follows: (1) 貞享元年七月中旬／･･･／太夫加賀掾／作者門左衛門／二條通寺町西へ入町／山本九兵衛刋 (2) 貞享三年 [=1686]...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1684-1711
Extent:: 27 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: 16107.c.43
Title:: Nippon eitaigura 日本永代藏 [日本永代蔵]
Scope & Content:: Variant title: Daifuku shin chōjakyō 大福新長者教 [大福新長者教] Author/compiler: Ihara Saikaku 井原西鶴, 1642-1693. Imprint: Kyōto, Kanaya Chōbē; Edo, Nishimura Baifūken; Ōsaka, Morita Shōtarō, Jōkyō 5, 1688. Kanki on fol. 18b of maki 6 reads: 貞享五戊辰年正月吉日／京／書林／二条通麩屋町／金屋長兵衛／江戸／神田新革屋町／西村梅風軒／大坂 ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1688
Extent:: 6 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: 16107.d.12
Title:: Kinsei kiseki-kō 近世奇跡考
Scope & Content:: Title from manuscript title slip. Translated title: 'A study of curiosities of modern times'. Author: Santōken Shujin Seizeisai 山東軒主人醒醒斎 [Santō Kyōden 山東京伝]; artist: Kita Busei 喜多武清. Imprint: Edo: Zuigyokudō Owada Yasubē, Bunka 1 [1804] 江戸: 瑞玉堂大和田安兵衛, 文化元年 [1804]. Description: 5 kan 5 satsu: ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1804
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: 16218.d.22
Title:: Ōhara dangi kikigaki shō 大原談義聞書抄
Scope & Content:: Variant title: Ōhara mondō 大原問答 Author/compiler: Seikaku (also read Shōkaku) 聖覺, 1167-1235, who recorded questions on Jōdo doctrine and replies by Genkū 源空, known as Hōnen Shōnin 法然上人, 1133-1212. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Kyōto region ?, Genna / Kan'ei period, 1615-44] . Publisher and place of publ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: [1615-1644]
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add 26374
Title:: Laghu-Kṣetrasamāsa by Ratnaśekhara with Pārśvacandra's Tabo
Scope & Content:: Laghu-Kṣetrasamāsa by Ratnaśekhara with Pārśvacandra's Ṭabo. Classic work on Jain cosmology in Prakrit (265 vss.) with explanation in Gujarati.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Gujarati and Prakrit
Date Range:: 1769
Extent:: Paper. Poṭhi bound in volume. Folios 10-11-12 and 41-42 bound in wrong sequence. 30 x 12 cm; 22 x 11 cm. Lines: 4(m), ca. 18(ṭ), interlinear. Folios 10-11-12 and 41-42 bound in wrong sequence. Illustrated. Good condition.

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Ch 2607
Title:: Order of Charles, Duke of Orléans, to Pierre Sauvage, his secretary, to pay for a complete set of armour
Scope & Content:: Charles, Duke of Orléans (b. 1394, d. 1465), orders Pierre Sauvage, his secretary and silversmith, to pay 83l. 7s. 6d. to Richard de Melleville, his armourer, for a complete set of steel armour for his use.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Middle
Date Range:: 14 Sept 1415
Extent:: 1 leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Ch 6014
Title:: Charter of King John of England (r. 1199–1216) to Robert of Braybrooke (d. 1211), 25 July 1208
Scope & Content:: Notification of King John's confirmation to Robert of Braybrooke and his heirs of land from various people in the counties of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Leicestershire. Witnessed by William IV de Warenne, Earl of Surrey (d. 1240); William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel (d....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1208
Extent:: 1 leaf

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