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Place Hokkaido, Japan

1. Or 963

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 963
Title:
Kaikoku sōsetsu 嶰谷叢説 [嶰谷叢説]
Scope & Content:
Title slip on front cover: Kaikoku sōsetsu 嶰谷叢説. Title on two paper slips pasted onto last page of text:Kaikoku sōsetsu 嶰谷叢説 / Ezo no bu 蝦夷之部. Author: Fukui Yoshimaro 福居芳麿 (fl.1790-1830). Artist: Katei 柯亭. Date: c. 1800-1810. A description of Ezo [Hokkaidō] by FukuiYoshimaro 福居芳麿. The manusc...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
[1800-1810]
Extent:
1 volume (37 folios)

2. Or 964

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 964
Title:
Ezo jinbutsushi 蝦夷人物誌
Scope & Content:
Description: An anonymous, illustrated description of the inhabitants of Ezo (Hokkaido). Contains depictions of Ainu men and women, clothing and tools, caring for a bear cub and hunting. Date: c. 1800-1860
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
[1800-1860]
Extent:
1 volume (14 folios)

3. Or 2643

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2643
Title:
Ezo Roshiakoku fudoki 蝦夷魯西亞國風土記 [蝦夷魯西亜国風土記]
Scope & Content:
Author: Imai Motoyasu 今井元安. Date: c. 1850-1860. Description: An account of the visit to Ezo [Hokkaido] by the Russian naval officer Adam Laxman in 1792 to establish a Russian trade agreement with Japan. The manuscript also contains accounts of other early contacts between Japan and Russia toge...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
[1850-1860]
Extent:
1 volume (78 folios)

4. Or 13285

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13285
Title:
Ezo-shi 蝦夷志 ; Ezo dōchūki 蝦夷道中記
Scope & Content:
Transliterated title on front cover: Yezoshi. The undated volume contains copies (in two different hands) of two works describing the island of Ezo, modern Hokkaidō, and its inhabitants, the Ainu. Ezo-shi (folios 1-15) was originally written by Arai Hakuseki 新井白石. Preface signed Arai Kinmi 新...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1800-1850
Extent:
1 volume (75 folios)

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