Manuscript, in an unidentified hand, originally in two volumes but now bound together in a single volume. A note in pencil on the first page describes the content as "Brief notices of foreign countries and their products" (Volume 1, f. 1r).
Language:
Japanese
Provenance:
Gift of Divie Bethune McCartee (McCartee Library bookplates on front flyleaf (Volume 1) and front pastedown (Volume 2)) in the 1880s, accessioned in 1900.
Manuscripts, Japanese -- 18th century; Manuscripts, Digital
Physical Description:
2 volumes (36, 42 double leaves) in 1 : paper; 275 x 185 (220 x 150) mm bound to 285 x 205 mm
Geographic Subject:
Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868; Japan; Japan -- Antiquities; Asia -- Antiquities; Asia; China -- Antiquities; China
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title from cover. No title piece (daisen) present. Added romanized caption title, Go Ji Ryaku (note in pencil, Volume 1, f. 1r).; On double leaves (fukurotoji).; Collation: Paper, i (20th-century) + original upper cover + i + 36 double leaves + original lower cover + original upper cover + 42 double leaves + original lower cover + i (20th century).; Binding: Modern (20th century) cloth.; Origin: Written in Japan in 1715 (Volume 2, f. 42v).; Japanese.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1710
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