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A COLLECTION OF EDO- AND MEIJI-PERIOD PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS, INCLUDING MANUSCRIPT COPIES OF IMPORTANT WORKS BY THE LEADING SCHOLARS MOTOORI NORINAGA, ARAI HAKUSEKI AND OGYU SORAI: The collection comprises:
MANUSCRIPTS
Buke bunryokui, a manual of samurai conduct by Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725);
Daijingu chiza shiki, a work on Shinto shrines;
Hakuseki sensei iko, a collection of writings by Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725), 4 maki;
Hankanpu, a collection of biographies of daimyo [feudal lords] by Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725);
Hiragana genko, a writing manual;
Iro monogatari, tales of ministers in earlier regimes, 7 maki, dated Kyoho 18 [1733];
Kamiyo no masagoto, a work on early Japanese government by Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801), manuscript copy;
Ken'en dan'yo, by Ogyu Sorai (1666-1728), 5 maki in one volume; Kokucho kyushoroku, a manuscript, 7 maki in 1 volume;
Ori taku shiba no ki ["Told round a brushwood fire"], the autibiography of Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725), 3 maki, the first bound in with a copy of an early number of the magazine Kokumin no tomo including an article on Arai;
Ori taku shiba no ki ["Told round a brushwood fire"], the biography of Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725), 3 out of 5 maki; this important biography, which has been compared in importance to that of Benvenuto Cellini in Europe, was not printed until 1881;
Taiheisaku, a political work by Ogyu Sorai (1666-1728), 2 maki in 1 volume;
Suifuko Kensaku a manuscript on proposals of how to govern Japan, by Suifuko;
PRINTED BOOKS
Atami onsen zui, pictures of the hot springs at Atami, text by Santo Kyoden, illustrated by Iwase Kyosui Eisen and Utagawa Kuniyasu, dated Bunsei 13/Tenpo 1 [1830];
Bunrei gafu, album of paintings by Maekawa Bunrei (1837-1917), 2 of each, volumes Kan, Kon, dated Meiji 18 [1885];
Daigaku Yamato-e sho, illustrated by Hasegawa Mitsunobu (a follower of Nishikawa Sukenobu), Kan'en 1 [1748], 2 maki;
Ehon jinmu hyakusho den, a work on military history illustrated by Tsukioka Settei (1710-86) dated Horeki 12 [1762], 3 maki;
Ehon toshitama fude, also known as Toyokuni Toshitama fude, a work illustrated by Ichiyosai Toyokuni (1769-1825) but dated Bunsei 13 [1830];
Gagen shuran, by Ishikawa Masamochi (1753-1830), 6 out of 21 maki, dated Bunsei 9 [1826];
Jozan kidan, historical anecdotes about late 16th- and early 17th-century Japan by Yuasa Jozan (1708-81), introduction dated 1739, last maki dated Meiwa kanoe-tora [1770], 24 maki (2 with supplement), first maki missing;
Kacho gafu, an album of bird and flower designs by Asai Osui dated Meiji 12 [1879];
Kaiko kaikata zufu, an illustrated work by Matsukawa Hanzan on the rearing of silkworms, dated Kaei kanoe-inu [1850];
Kokushi kiji honmatsu, Chinese-language history of Japan by Aoyama Nobumitsu (1807-70), 19 maki, first, eleventh and twenty-first maki missing, dated Meiji 9 [1876];
Manabi iroha imashime, notes on the Japanese iroha syllabary, dated Bunsei 7 [1824];
A work on samurai illustrated by Hotta Riseki dated Kansei 13 [1801], partly interleaved with another work;
Onko nenju gyoji, annual customs and festivals, illustrated by Kobayashi Sensai Eitaku (1843-90), Meiji 17 [1884];
Rekicho chokushi-kai, a work on Imperial edicts dated Kyowa 3 [1803], 3 maki of 6;
Sanshu meiseki shi, an antiquarian work by Sakanouchi Naoyori, maki 8, 13 and 17 only, dated Shotoku 1 [1711];
Seido tsu, a work on government institutions, introduction dated Kyoho [1724], last maki dated Kansei 8 [1796], 13 maki bound in 2 Western-style volumes;
Shingo meidai wakashu, a poetry collection by Hakusuido Baifu dated Kyoho 15 [1730]; maki 2 and 3 of 3;
Shukuyokyo, an astrological treatise, 2 maki, dated Enpo 9 [1681];
Tsukan ran'yo, a work on Chinese history, 15 maki, dated Tenpo 5 [1834];
Waji koko jichiroku, a writing manual, dated Kansei 12 [1800]; original edition An'ei 5 [1776];
Yamahoko yuraiki, a work including views of Kyoto, 2 maki dated Horeki 7 [1757] (133)
MANUSCRIPTS
Buke bunryokui, a manual of samurai conduct by Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725);
Daijingu chiza shiki, a work on Shinto shrines;
Hakuseki sensei iko, a collection of writings by Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725), 4 maki;
Hankanpu, a collection of biographies of daimyo [feudal lords] by Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725);
Hiragana genko, a writing manual;
Iro monogatari, tales of ministers in earlier regimes, 7 maki, dated Kyoho 18 [1733];
Kamiyo no masagoto, a work on early Japanese government by Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801), manuscript copy;
Ken'en dan'yo, by Ogyu Sorai (1666-1728), 5 maki in one volume; Kokucho kyushoroku, a manuscript, 7 maki in 1 volume;
Ori taku shiba no ki ["Told round a brushwood fire"], the autibiography of Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725), 3 maki, the first bound in with a copy of an early number of the magazine Kokumin no tomo including an article on Arai;
Ori taku shiba no ki ["Told round a brushwood fire"], the biography of Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725), 3 out of 5 maki; this important biography, which has been compared in importance to that of Benvenuto Cellini in Europe, was not printed until 1881;
Taiheisaku, a political work by Ogyu Sorai (1666-1728), 2 maki in 1 volume;
Suifuko Kensaku a manuscript on proposals of how to govern Japan, by Suifuko;
PRINTED BOOKS
Atami onsen zui, pictures of the hot springs at Atami, text by Santo Kyoden, illustrated by Iwase Kyosui Eisen and Utagawa Kuniyasu, dated Bunsei 13/Tenpo 1 [1830];
Bunrei gafu, album of paintings by Maekawa Bunrei (1837-1917), 2 of each, volumes Kan, Kon, dated Meiji 18 [1885];
Daigaku Yamato-e sho, illustrated by Hasegawa Mitsunobu (a follower of Nishikawa Sukenobu), Kan'en 1 [1748], 2 maki;
Ehon jinmu hyakusho den, a work on military history illustrated by Tsukioka Settei (1710-86) dated Horeki 12 [1762], 3 maki;
Ehon toshitama fude, also known as Toyokuni Toshitama fude, a work illustrated by Ichiyosai Toyokuni (1769-1825) but dated Bunsei 13 [1830];
Gagen shuran, by Ishikawa Masamochi (1753-1830), 6 out of 21 maki, dated Bunsei 9 [1826];
Jozan kidan, historical anecdotes about late 16th- and early 17th-century Japan by Yuasa Jozan (1708-81), introduction dated 1739, last maki dated Meiwa kanoe-tora [1770], 24 maki (2 with supplement), first maki missing;
Kacho gafu, an album of bird and flower designs by Asai Osui dated Meiji 12 [1879];
Kaiko kaikata zufu, an illustrated work by Matsukawa Hanzan on the rearing of silkworms, dated Kaei kanoe-inu [1850];
Kokushi kiji honmatsu, Chinese-language history of Japan by Aoyama Nobumitsu (1807-70), 19 maki, first, eleventh and twenty-first maki missing, dated Meiji 9 [1876];
Manabi iroha imashime, notes on the Japanese iroha syllabary, dated Bunsei 7 [1824];
A work on samurai illustrated by Hotta Riseki dated Kansei 13 [1801], partly interleaved with another work;
Onko nenju gyoji, annual customs and festivals, illustrated by Kobayashi Sensai Eitaku (1843-90), Meiji 17 [1884];
Rekicho chokushi-kai, a work on Imperial edicts dated Kyowa 3 [1803], 3 maki of 6;
Sanshu meiseki shi, an antiquarian work by Sakanouchi Naoyori, maki 8, 13 and 17 only, dated Shotoku 1 [1711];
Seido tsu, a work on government institutions, introduction dated Kyoho [1724], last maki dated Kansei 8 [1796], 13 maki bound in 2 Western-style volumes;
Shingo meidai wakashu, a poetry collection by Hakusuido Baifu dated Kyoho 15 [1730]; maki 2 and 3 of 3;
Shukuyokyo, an astrological treatise, 2 maki, dated Enpo 9 [1681];
Tsukan ran'yo, a work on Chinese history, 15 maki, dated Tenpo 5 [1834];
Waji koko jichiroku, a writing manual, dated Kansei 12 [1800]; original edition An'ei 5 [1776];
Yamahoko yuraiki, a work including views of Kyoto, 2 maki dated Horeki 7 [1757] (133)
Provenance
Many of these volumes were apparently at one time the property of John Carey Hall, British Consul-General in Yokohama around 1908, who contributed several papers on the history of Japanese law and institutions to the Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan (see T.A.J.S., XXXIV, pt. 1, 17-44 and XXXVI, pt. 135).