1673
Ref:GB 59 Or.75.h.3
Location:British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
Extent:1 volume Condition: Fair to good. Corners soiled and stained. Many folios repaired by urauchi patching. Ff. 43-52 bound in wrong order (see above). Impression: Atozuri, from moderately worn blocks. Illustrations: Double-page frontispiece on ff. 1b-2a. Sumizuri portraits of the 100 poets occupy the lower two-thirds of each page, accompanying each poem. Smaller woodcuts in upper third of each page, illustrating a scene from the poem. Artist's name not given. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on fol. 1b and on kanki. Manuscript notes: Brief notes in Kaempfer's hand on ff. 5b and 51a. Note on title slip: Habillemens du Japon. Note pasted on front cover: Verses by 100 Persons. Japanese. See Kaempfers Japan vol. xlix. Note on mikaeshi: Book of ancient Dresses / Examined by Mr. Bevan and a Tong / 25 Novr. 1773. Old shelfmark: Pr. Or. 22
Language:Japanese
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