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Shinkoku taihei Amerikasengō jinbutsu shōmeiroku

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Description: Black and white kawaraban showing a procession of Americans from Perry's second mission to Japan, with a list of the names of ships and of the surnames of prominent crew members from each ship, their rank or position and an approximation of their age. Names (given in Japanese katakana approximations) include [Matthew] Perry, [Henry A.] Adams, [Samuel] Archbold, engineer-in-chief, [Thomas] Houston, midshipman, [Samuel Wells] Williams, the mission's interpreter, and Dutch interpreter [Anton] Portman. The image depicts the Americans' uniforms and hats, which clearly seemed very unfamiliar to Japanese eyes, and some rather fanciful banners.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1854
Call number: 647772
Provenance: Purchased from Asia Bookroom, October 2019.

Gokakoku on kōeba

Rare Books

"Black and white kawaraban or newsletter showing the newly-established foreign trading post at Yokohama (Kanagawa) in 1859. The shoreline extending from Kanagawa to Kawasaki is shown at the bottom of the print, with western and Japanese ships in the bay, while the central sections show the residences of foreign merchants, the wharf, and offices of Japanese officials. Buildings are depicted in detail, with miniature human figures in the streets and on the decks of ships. A small inset section at the top left of the print provides a schematic map of the foreigners' quarters. The names of the officials responsible for negotiations with the foreigners is given in the bottom right quarter of the image, together with their clan crests. Names of the five countries permitted to trade; United States, Russia, England, France and the Netherlands, are listed along the right edge. The names of Japanese imperial officials responsible dealing with the foreign trade are listed. The names of seven Japanese 奉行 Bugyō's, often translated as commissioner or magistrate, are listed on the right. Of these men, five were commissioners who were in charge of trade and diplomatic relations titled 外國御奉行[Gaikoku on bugyō], another carries the title 御軍艦奉行[Go gunkan bugyō] a commissioner of warships and the seventh 神奈川御奉行 [Kanagawa on Bugyō] was an overseer of the port of Kanagawa. The town plan shows a government organisation called 御運上所[On unjōsho] located next to the residence of foreigners. This organisation functioned as the tax office, a customs office, and also dealt with import/export trade. This kawaraban also shows the relative sizes of Yokohama's roads for example the widths of the main commercial road, back roads and a new road are all given."

647777

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Gokakoku on kōeba

Rare Books

Black and white kawaraban or Japanese early modern newsheet showing a map of the newly opened trading post at Yokohama (Kanagawa) and the Tōkaidō highway running through Kanagawa. The trading post, the meeting place where negotiations were conducted, and the buildings used by Japanese officials are shown in schematic form. The bay is shown as filled with small Japanese craft interspersed with a few large western sailing ships. At the upper middle section there is a list of the key officials responsible for negotiations with the foreigners, with their clan crests. Names of the five countries, United States, Russia, England, France and the Netherlands, permitted to trade are listed along the right edge. The names of the six Japanese 奉行 or Bugyōs, often translated as commissioner or magistrate, are listed on right together with their family crests. Of these Bugyōs, five were commissioners who were in charge of trade and diplomatic relations and bearing the title 國御奉行[Gaikoku onbugyo], and the sixth is titled 御軍艦奉行[On gunkan bugyo] a commissioner of warships. The map shows a government organisation called 御運上所[On unjōsho] located next to the residence of foreigners. This organisation functioned as the tax office, a customs office, and also managed imports and exports.

647776

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Gokakoku on kōeba

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Black and white woodblock printe or kawaraban, showing the opening of the foreign trading posts in Yokohama. Foreign vessles or "black ships" are depicted in the harbor. A detailed town plan shows Yokohama village (橫濱村)on the left and includes places like Haneda, Ōmori, Kawasaki, Kanagawa along Tōkaidō on the right. Listed at the right are the names of the five countries, United States, Russia, England, France and the Netherlands, permitted to trade. The names of the six Japanese 奉行 or Bugyōs, often translated as commissioner or magistrate, are listed on right together with their family crests. Of these Bugyōs, five were commissioners who were in charge of trade and diplomatic relations and bearing the title 國御奉行[Gaikoku onbugyo], and the sixth is titled 御軍艦奉行[On gunkan bugyo] a commissioner of warships. The map shows a government organisation called 御運上所[On unjōsho] located next to the residence of foreigners. This organisation functioned as the tax office, a customs office, and also dealt with import/export trade.

647775

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Visual Materials

Hearn, Lafcadio. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan. Vols 1, 2, Boston, 1894 Hearn, Lafcadio. Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life. Boston, 1896 Hearn, Lafcadio. Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Boston, 1904 Hearn, Lafcadio. Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation. New York, 1905 Hearn, Lafcadio. In Ghostly Japan. Boston, 1905 Hearn, Lafcadio. Shadowings. Boston, 1905 Hearn, Lafcadio. Some Chinese Ghosts. Boston, 1906 Gould's Blue Book for the City of St. Louis. Vol IX, 1891

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John Nelson, Washington, D.C., letter to John Tyler

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Letter signed. Regarding the appointment of midshipman. (2 pages)

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Mission, San Fernando Rey. / Los Angeles County, California, Established Sept. 8th, 1797. General View from the East

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Watkins no. 1216. Bird's-eye view of mission and mission's grove of olive trees.

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