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Record Id:

032-003947840

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003947840

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100124058319.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 5252

Title:

Watercolours, textile appliques and silk embroideries collected by Engelbert Kaempfer in Japan

Scope & Content:

Japanese watercolours, Chinese silk embroideries and Japanese textile appliques collected by Dr Engelbert Kaempfer during his sojourn in Japan (1690-92) whilst in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as medical officer.

The drawings and multi-media works pasted on paper were formerly all displayed in a single bound volume, whose old covers are stored separately at Add MS 5252/ old covers. Currently, the items are mounted individually and stored in boxes in groups of 8 to 10 items.

Items 71-99, a series of 18th century Chinese woodblock prints, were transferred to the Prints and Drawings Department of the British Museum on 24 November 1906 (British Museum SL. 5252).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts
Sloane Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003947840

Is part of:

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Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003947840

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

10 boxes (91 items)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Japanese

Scripts:

Japanese
Latin

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

17th century-18th century

Era:

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Custodial History:

The manuscripts of Sir Hans Sloane were purchased at his death from his executors by the Act of Parliament which established the British Museum in 1753.

Former External References:

Min. 146 (crossed out)
Min. 19 (crossed out)
Min. 47
XL.B

Source of Acquisition:

The Sloane Manuscripts were held by the British Museum Department of Manuscripts until 1973 after which they were transferred to the British Library.

Finding Aids:

Part of this description has been transcribed from the handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts, vol. 21 (1832), located in the Manuscripts Reading Room, where the volume is described as: 'Fifty Drawings of Japanese Temples and other Buildings, executed in colours by native artists, and brought from thence by Dr. Engelbert Kampfer. (1-50) –Imitations of flowers in colored silks, from Japan. (51.52) Drawings of Japanese Figures in colours, by native artists (53-59.) Japanese Figures, worked in colored silks (60-67.) Other Figures in raised silk (68-70.) Paintings of Flowers, Birds and Fruits from China, by native artists (71-99.) Smaller imitations of Flowers inSilks, by an inferior artist. (100-115.) To all the above are added the names in Japanese or Chinese. Large folio.'

'Min. 145 (crossed out); Min. 19' in the catalogue of Sir Hans Sloane's Library, Sloane MS 3972C. The manuscript is inscribed ‘Min. 47; Min. 19 (crossed out); Min. 146 (crossed out)’.

Publications:

Yu-Ying Brown, "Kaempfer's Album of Famous Sights of Seventeenth century Japan", The British Library Journal 15, No. 1 (Spring 1989), 90-103.

Igunma Jana and San San May (eds.) Buddhism. Origins, traditions and contemporary life. London: British Library, 2019, p.177.

Exhibitions:

Buddhism, British Library, 25 Oct 2019 - 23 Feb 2020

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716
Sloane, Hans, Baronet, physician and collector, 1660-1753,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000123196729,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/77959