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Title Nagasaki Bunken Roku [Personal Experiences in Nagasaki]. |
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Published, Date Okada Shinjiro, Osaka,Kansei 12 [ie. 1800]. |
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Description First edition. 5 volumes, complete. Numerous woodblock illustrations. Original blindstamped covers with printed title-slips, slightly worn, light staining and occasional minor worming, but generally in good condition. Modern chitsu. |
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Note Rare and important account by the Imperial surgeon Hirokawa Kai, dates unknown, collected during his stay in Nagasaki. The author was a important rangaku scholar who translated several Dutch works. Boxer describes this work as "one of the principle sources of information about Deshima and its occupants" (Boxer: Jan Compagnie in Japan. p. 132). The illustrations show scenes from daily life, festivals -dragonboat race, plants and animals, as well as Chinese and Dutch ships. |
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References Not in Kerlen; Oka/Kodama 3032; Chibett 148, [Kraft 4?]. |
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Stock Number 44826 |
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