Manuscripts

Hōjutsu Hiyō : [manuscript]

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Description: Kōyasu was an Edo period samurai, known for his research in western gunnery. Kōyasu 恒康 was a penname for Nakajima Toranosuke 中島虎之助 (18181863)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: [before 1863]
Call number: mssHM 81209
Creator: Kōyasu (1818-1863)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.
Dimensions: 15 x 34 x 24 cm
Associated organization: Burndy Library,

Japanese anti-Christian manuscript

Manuscripts

This manuscript describes a man named Hisa and a woman named Kame during the Edo (also known as Tokugawa) period in Japan. As part of the practice of shumon aratame, they had to stand on a fumi-e, a likeness of Jesus and Mary, to prove that they were not Christians. In the Edo period of Japan, the government used shumon aratame as part of an effort to eradicate Christianity.

mssHM 84473

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Seiyō Hōjutsu Menjō Iri : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

Application for a western artillery licence; roughly five items listed; no date or publication details; author's signature written in "collapsed" cursive.

mssHM 82858

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Otsubo Hon School veterinary manuscripts

Manuscripts

These manuscripts consist of eight veterinary medical works in twelve separate bound volumes. The volumes cover a variety of topics about the care and feeding of military horses including their physiology, medical treatments for diseases and injuries, including acupuncture, and their diet, including what to feed horses before battle. Several of the volumes contain illustrations. They are probably from the Late Edo Period.

mssHM 84069

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Manuscripts

This collection is an excellent research resource for an English military and diplomatic family in the 19th century; specifically the period covering the Napoleonic Wars and British diplomatic influence in Europe and Central America. Though there is a strong family connection to Jamaica, there is no material in the collection related to Jamaica, slavery or Edward Long's belief in polygenism.

mssHM 77353-77554

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Otsubo Hon ryu shinryu no maki [Introduction to the New School of Otsubo Hon]

Manuscripts

mssHM 84069

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Otsubo Hon ryu igyo chigusa no maki [Otsubo Hon School: A Thousand Plants]

Manuscripts

mssHM 84069

Hōjutsu Hiyō : [manuscript]

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