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  • 1
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Hōgen monogatari 保元物語
    1657
    Ref:GB 59 16052.f.4
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:3 volumes Condition: Generally good. Minor worm damage, severe only in maki 3. Impression: Blocks show some evidence of wear. Illustrations: A total of 35 sumizuri illustrations, distributed as follows: maki 1, ff. 6a, 8a, 12a, 14b, 18b, 22a, 24a, 25a, 29b, 32a, 35b; maki 2, ff. 7b, 17a, 19a, 21b, 23b, 26a, 29a, 31a, 33b, 39a, 40b, 45b, 47a; maki 3, ff. 7b, 11a, 13b, 19b, 22b, 26a, 27a, 31a, 33b, 39a, 40a. Unlike 16052.f.29, these are not hand-coloured. Nevertheless, the rounded and enlarged features of human figures suggest that this edition may have been intended as a tanroku-bon 丹緑本. Seals of ownership: None
    Language:Japanese
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  • 2
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Nanshoku hiyoku no tori 男色比翼鳥
    1707
    Ref:GB 59 Or.64.a.17
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume (20 folios) Impression: Atozuri. Illustrations: 3 double-page hand-coloured woodcut illustrations plus tobira-e. Binding: Plain pinkish fawn covers (damaged). Fukurotoji, in a chitsu case. Daisen missing
    Language:Japanese
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  • 3
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Hirune no ame ひる寝の雨.
    1853
    Ref:GB 59 Or.59.e.33
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:2 volumes. Illustrations: 39 colour-printed illustrations of sexual activity each with the title of a stop on the Tōkaidō (vol.1: 19, vol.2: 20). Binding: Original brown covers. Fukurotoji binding
    Language:Japanese
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  • 4
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Utsuho monogatari うつほ物語
    1660
    Ref:GB 59 16055.c.34
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:3 volumes Condition: Good. A clean copy, apart from water stains in satsu 3. Impression: Fairly sharp and clear, with slight evidence of wear on blocks. Illustrations: 12 single-page sumizuri woodcuts, 4 to each satsu. (Satsu 上) ff. 3b, 12a, 22b, 32a; (satsu 中) ff. 37a, 45a, 53b, 63b; (satsu 下) ff. 68a, 76b, 84a, 92a. The illustrations are described in Ryerson Catalogue, p. 46. Seals of ownership: None. The only stamps are those of a book dealer, 本類賣買泉清, at top of first page of each satsu
    Language:Japanese
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  • 5
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Genji monogatari shokan toshidate 源氏物語諸巻年立
    1673
    Ref:GB 59 16055.c.5
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume Condition: Very good. A clean copy, free from worm damage. Impression: Atozuri, from moderately worn blocks. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal of Sir Ernest Satow (his smaller seal), 英國薩道藏書, on first page of maki 上 and 下
    Language:Japanese
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  • 6
    Japanese woodblock materials
    Utsuho monogatari うつほ物語
    1660
    Ref:GB 59 16055.a.17
    Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
    Extent:1 volume Condition: Fair. The upper margin has been cropped. Impression: Atozuri. Evidence of wear on blocks. Illustrations: 12 single-page sumizuri woodcuts, 4 to each satsu. (Satsu 上) ff. 3b, 12a, 22b, 32a; (satsu 中) ff. 37a, 45a, 53b, 63b; (satsu 下) ff. 68a, 76b, 84a, 92a. The illustrations are described in Ryerson Catalogue, p. 46. Seals of ownership: None
    Language:Japanese
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  • 7
    Oriental Manuscripts
    15th-20th century
    Ref:GB 33 ORI
    Location:Durham University Archives
    Name of creator:
    Library Durham University (collector).
    Extent:16 metres
    Language:Amharic; Arabic; Armenian; Hebrew; Persian; Turkish; Chagatay; Hindi; Pali; Sanskrit; Telugu; Chinese; Japanese; Korean; Tibetan; Urdu; English; French; German
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