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Project / Collection Japanese manuscripts Name Imamura Gen'emon, 1671-1736

1. Or 14480/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/1
Title:
Deshima monkan 出島門鑑
Scope & Content:
A handwritten copy of a wooden pass issued by the Otona 乙名 of Moto-Furukawa-machi 本古川町 Nakano Jinzaemon 中野甚左衛門 allowing access to the island of Deshima for a servant. Probably issued for Engelbert Kaempfer’s servant Imamura Gen’emon 今村源右衛門 (1671-1736).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet.

2. Or 14480/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/2
Title:
Ukejō no koto 請状之事
Scope & Content:
Written guarantee from Irako Yajirō 伊良子弥次郎 to the official in charge of the island of Deshima for the good conduct of Imamura Gen’emon 今村源右衛門 (1671-1736), servant of Engelbert Kaempfer. Bears annotations and partial transcription in Kaempfer’s hand. Annotation on reverse: "A treatise of the dut...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1692
Extent:
1 sheet

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