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Subject Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868--Sources

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

3. Or 14480/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/3
Title:
Dai Nihon nengōzu 大日本年号図
Scope & Content:
A list of Japanese era names from 641 to 1688 with dates in western calender added by Engelbert Kaempfer
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1688-1692
Extent:
1 sheet

4. Or 14480/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/4
Title:
Deyaparuma [Diapalma]
Scope & Content:
A description of the effects of a diapalma plaster, a European treatment favoured by Engelbert Kaempfer for the treatment of burns. Annotated on reverse: "Some obervations on lucky & unlucky days. Examined by Chetqua, 4 Jan 1771".
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet

5. Or 14480/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/5
Title:
Practice sheet of Japanese characters
Scope & Content:
A practice sheet of Kanji with corrections and pronunications added. A later English annotation (possibly by Sir Hans Sloane) reads “A vocabulary”. Undated but acquired by Engelbert Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet

6. Or 14480/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/6
Title:
List of Japanese government officials
Scope & Content:
List of names of various officials of the Tokugawa Bakufu with annotations by Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). Undated but acquired by Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692. Annotated on reverse: "Not understood by Chetqua, 4 Jan 1771".
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet.

7. Or 14480/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/7
Title:
List of Japanese government officials
Scope & Content:
List of names of officials of the Tokugawa Bakufu with annotations by Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). Undated but acquired by Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet.

8. Or 14948

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14948
Title:
Nagasaki Eiryōjikan kyūzō komonjo makimono 長崎英領事館旧蔵古文書巻物
Scope & Content:
A letter from the governor (bugyō) of Nagasaki Takahashi Mimasaka no Kami Kazunuki 高橋美作守和貫 to the British consul Charles Alexander Winchester (1820?-1883 ) regarding a robbery on a British ship. Dated 28th day 6th month of Bunkyū 2 [24th July 1862]. Note in English at the start of the scroll read...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
Bunkyū 2 文久2 [1862]
Extent:
1 scroll

9. Sloane 4090/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane 4090/1
Title:
Gojōmoku 御條目
Scope & Content:
Five regulations issued by the Tokugawa government concerning the conduct of Dutch merchants in Japan. Read out to the Captain of the Dutch trading factory at his annual audience with the Shogun, the regulations prohibit: collaboration with the Portuguese, smuggling, propagation of Christianit...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet