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  • 1
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Tenji Tennō 天智天皇
    1689
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/26
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 vol (30 folios) Condition: Good. Original blue covers. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of William George Aston, 英國阿須頓藏書, on front cover. Manuscript notes: Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume. Manuscript note on inside of front cover
    Language:Japanese
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  • 2
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Onna-goroshi abura no jigoku 女殺油地獄
    1721
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/24
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 vol (49 folios) Condition: Good. Original black covers. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of William George Aston, 英國阿須頓藏書, on front cover. Manuscript notes: Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
    Language:Japanese
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  • 3
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Aizomegawa 藍染川
    1684
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/1
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume (59 folios) Condition: Good. Seals of ownership: Several small stamps and seals. Manuscript notes: Extensive notes dated Bunka 13-15 文化十三～十五年 (1816-18), written and signed by Ryūtei Tanehiko 柳亭種彦, on mikaeshi. Short note by W. G. Aston in English are bound in at the head of the volume
    Language:Japanese
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  • 4
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Soga tora ga ishiusu 曾我虎が磨
    1710
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/3
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume (40 folios) Condition: Part of f. 151r has been lost and the missing text added in manuscript at a later date on a separate slip of paper. Original pale blue cover. Manuscript notes: Note by Ryūtei Tanemoto 柳亭種彦 attached to inside of front cover. Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
    Language:Japanese
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  • 5
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Onatsu Seijūrō gojūnenki utanenbutsu おななつ清十郞 五十年忌歌念佛 [おななつ清十郞 五十年忌歌念仏]
    ca 1705
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/25
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 vol (31 folios) Condition: Good. Original dark blue covers. Seals of ownership: Several unidentified seals on first page. Manuscript notes: Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
    Language:Japanese
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  • 6
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Tenjinki 天神記
    1713
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/14
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume (26 folios) Condition: Fair. Original (?) dark red covers with white flower motif. Seals of ownership: None. Manuscript notes: Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
    Language:Japanese
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  • 7
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Nokiba no ume 軒端梅
    1672
    Ref:GB 59 Or.75.f.10
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume Condition: Fair. Ff. 6-10 water-stained. Lower half of fol. 2 missing and replaced by new paper. Ff. 3-4 and 6 repaired by urauchi patching at lower edge. Impression: A clear impression from little-worn blocks. Seals of ownership: Square red seal (unidentified) on mikaeshi. (This must date from a period before Kaempfer's visit to Japan in 1690-92.) Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, impressed above okuzuke. Manuscript notes: Notes on two paper slips pasted to front cover: (1) A Book of Instruction by a Chinese Priestess / Examined by Chetqua / Decr. 17. 1770; (2) A Boudhic work in Japanese attributed to the Goddess Kwan she yin. Also a pencilled note in the handwriting of Arthur Waley on endpaper inserted before fol. 2: The Nō play 'Tōboku' 東北, better known as 'Nokiba no Ume' 軒端の梅, by Seami Motokiyo 世阿弥元清. It deals with the story of the poetess Izumi Shikibu. Published by Yamamoto Chōbei, 1671 [sic] . Old shelfmark, Pr: Or: 114, on title slip
    Language:Japanese
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  • 8
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Sasaki senjin 佐々木先陣
    1686
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/8
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume (57 folios) Condition: Good. Original blue covers embossed with floral pattern. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of W. G. Aston 英國阿須頓藏書 on front cover. Oblong red stamp on first page of text reads: 此ぬし浮世本かき種彦. Manuscript notes: Long note dated Bunka 15 [1818] by Ryūtei Tanehiko on mikaeshi. Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
    Language:Japanese
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  • 9
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Tsuizen kasane izutsu 追善重井筒
    1707
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/17
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 vol (29 folios) Condition: Good. Original blue covers. Seals of ownership: Black oval seal 浅久 on inside of back cover. Manuscript notes: Note in red on front cover reads: 此上るりハ寶永元年甲申四月十六日初日 / 前狂言甲賀三郎なり. Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
    Language:Japanese
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  • 10
    Japanese woodblock materials
    [Collection of Kabuki playbills. 3]
    1822-1827
    Ref:GB 59 16123.c.3
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume Rebound in 1 volume in Western style. Dimensions: 18 x13 cm
    Language:Japanese
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  • 11
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Nagamachi onna no harakiri 長町女腹切
    1712
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/18
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 vol (36 folios) Condition: Good. Original reddish brown covers. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of W. G. Aston 英國阿須頓藏書 on front cover and mikaeshi. Manuscript notes: Note by Ryūtei Tanehiko 柳亭種彦 on mikaeshi reads: 此淨瑠璃門左衞門一夜のうちに編りといひつたふ山東京傳子も如此聞たりといひき. Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
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  • 12
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Yamazaki Yojibē nebiki no kadomatsu 山崎與次兵衞壽の門松 [山崎与次兵衞寿の門松]
    1718
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/12
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume (42 folios) Condition: Good. Original blue covers. Seals of ownership: Oblong black seal 篠崎 on first page. Manuscript notes: Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
    Language:Japanese
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  • 13
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Yūgiri Awa no Naruto 夕霧阿波鳴渡
    1712
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/10
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume (29 folios) Condition: Good. Original blue covers embossed with floral pattern. Seals of ownership: Oblong red stamp on first page of text reads: 此ぬし浮世本かき種彦. Manuscript notes: Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
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  • 14
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Tanba Yosaku 丹波与作
    1708
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/15
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume (25 folios) Condition: Good. Original blue covers embossed with floral pattern. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of W. G. Aston 英國阿須頓藏書 on front cover. Manuscript notes: Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
    Language:Japanese
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  • 15
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Yamato Takeru no mikoto azuma kagami 日本武尊吾妻鑑
    1720
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/2
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume (87 folios) Condition: Good. Original brown covers. Seals of ownership: Black oval seal 堺川長 on first and last pages. Manuscript notes: Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
    Language:Japanese
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  • 16
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Momijigari tsurugi no honji 栬狩劔本地 [栬狩剣本地]
    1700-1720
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/27
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 vol (30 folios) Condition: Good. Original blue covers embossed with floral pattern. Seals of ownership: Oblong red stamp on first page of text reads: 此ぬし浮世本かき種彦. 2 other small seals. Manuscript notes: Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
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  • 17
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Sano Genzaemon nasake no hachinoki 佐野源左衞門情之鉢木
    1680
    Ref:GB 59 Or.75.g.23(4)
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume Condition: Very good. Impression: Last page shozuri (from re-cut blocks ?), ff. 1-16 atozuri from worn blocks. Illustrations: Six sumizuri illustrations, 4 double-page (mihiraki) on ff. 3b-4a, 6b-7a, 12b-13a and 15b-16a, and 2 single-page on ff. 9a and 10a. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on fol. 3b. Manuscript notes: Note on mikaeshi: Ancient Chinese History / Examined by Chetqua Decr. 17. 1770. No notes in Kaempfer's hand
    Language:Japanese
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  • 18
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Tsunokuni myōtoike 津國女夫池 [津国女夫池]
    1721
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/22
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 vol (28 folios) Condition: Good. Original blue covers embossed with floral pattern. Seals of ownership: Unidentified red seal on first page of text, oblong black seal on inside of back cover reads 泰山. Manuscript notes: Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
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  • 19
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Hakata kojorō nami-makura 博多小女郎波枕
    1718
    Ref:GB 59 16104.b.20/23
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 vol (39 folios) Condition: Good. Original brown covers. Seals of ownership: Oblong red stamp on first page of text reads: 此ぬし浮世本かき種彦. Manuscript notes: Short note by W. G. Aston in English bound in at the head of the volume
    Language:Japanese
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  • 20
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Santo yakusha Suikoden 三都俳優水滸傳 [三都俳優水滸伝]
    1829
    Ref:GB 59 Or.65.c.24
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume Illustrations: 6 double-page and 8 single-page sumizuri woodcut illustrations of kabuki scenes. Cherry blossoms framing the announcement p. (see notes below) stencilled in red. Binding: Rebound in one western vol. Colour-printed front cover of vol.1 only retained. Seals of ownership: oblong red seal ''只誠臧'' on first page (seal of Sekine Shise 關根只誠). Note by William Anderson on flyleaf reads: Santo yakusha Suikoden
    Language:Japanese
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