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Or.65.a.4*
- Record Id:
- 032-004546065
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004546065
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100186603083.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or.65.a.4*
- Title:
- Suizoku shashin. Tai no bu 水族寫眞. 鯛部 [水族写真. 鯛部]
- Scope & Content:
-
Translated title: 'Accurate drawings of fishes'.
Author/compiler: Okukura Tatsuyuki 奥倉辰行.
Imprint: Tōto: Suiseidō 水生堂 (mikaeshi). Prefaces dated Ansei 2 [1855] and Ansei 3 [1856]. Bonrei dated Ansei 4 [1857].
Description: 1 volume. 2, 2, 2, 37; 29 ff. Rebound in Western style. Vermilion front cover only retained, embossed with stylised wave pattern in kirazuri. Printed title slip: 鯛部/巻之一上.
An additional folio at the end of the volume carries an advertisement of 12 works by the publisher Kinkadō.
Contents: Illustrations of Japanese sea bream.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004546065
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004546065
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm. Printing frame: 21.2 x 16.5 cm.
Condition: Good
Illustrations Sumi woodcut illustrations of 90 kinds of sea bream.
Impression: Atozuri.
Manuscript notes: A five-line inscription by Minakata Kumagusu at the end of first preface. Some illustrations have Latin names added by hand (by Minakata Kumagusu?).
Seals of ownership: 南方熊楠蔵書之印章 (rectangular red seal) on first page.
- Custodial History:
- Formerly owned by Minakata Kumagusu (1867-1941).
- Former Internal References:
- 16035.b.15
- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented to the British Museum by Mr. K. Minakata, 12 June 1896.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Minakata, Kumagusu, 1867-1941,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/32152582 - Subjects:
- Fish