A published rendition of a shadow puppetry (wayang) play on the death of 'Prince Paddy'. This might be a reference to the food shortage occurring under the reign of Mangkunegara VII (r. 1916-1944) amidst the Great Depression during which time this book was published.
This book contains four plays which are numbered 26 until 30 and which thus continue a saga started in previous volumes of this series. Entry number 26 is called: Ambushed in War (lambing [Ambeng] Kara), number 27: Lord Pongcama's body is hoisted into the river (Radén Pongcama aka larung), number...
A letter in which a Javanese resident of Yogyakarta, S.K. Marie, requests the middle-rank 'Raden' title to court. A genealogy is attached to the letter to proof the legitimacy of the request.
This manuscript tells how the Mataram Sultanate came to be after the Pajang Sultanate fell apart. If focusses on wandering noblemen and thus belongs to the satria lelana genre. Raden Ardjosepoetro apparently copied it from an older manuscript in the early twentieth century. Given the emphasis on ...
A compilation of folklore stories and songs recorded by H.M.J. Prawirojuwono. Many of these stories feature the mouse deer eating a certain fruit or vegetable. The deer remains popular in Javanese folklore today, especially in tales told to children. The stories are straightforward--some discus...
The title of the manuscript refers to the Hindu concept of Adharma, which is the antonym of dharma. In other words, Adharma amounts to chaos and wickedness. The text apparently associates the adharma with the Dutch.