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Written in black ink, though grammatical markers in red ink throughout; some worming; no illustrations; text is mostly on the bottom half of page.
mssHM 81219
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Begins with numerous titles for those who work in the mines, followed by vocabularies of instruments, minerals, etc.; many illustrations of tools, maps, diagrams, etc.; a number of illustrations in black and red line; based on a number of mines in the Akita, Okachi and Yamamoto districts; slight worming. It was copied by Iwama Kaneaki for Ishiguro Takao, a mining official, in Meiji 11, (1878), from a work whose preface is dated Tempō 11, (1840).
mssHM 81211
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This book of signals contains text and illustrations.
mssHM 18938
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Descriptions, commentary, explanations, etc., of a variety of garments and hoods worn by warriors, court members, foreigners, etc.; several illustrations throughout - a few illustrations in black; brief postscript by one Yoshino Toshihide 吉野俊秀; minor worming.
mssHM 81224
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This book of signals contains text and illustrations. This volume formerly belonged to Sir William Chaloner Burnaby.
mssHM 18939
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Black print, though return marks (i.e. kaeriten 返り点), kana (i.e. okurigana 送り仮名), and other grammatical symbols written in red ink; no illustrations in main text; a bit wormed. The ink on gold illustrations on inside covers appear to have been added at a later date.
mssHM 81216