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Manuscripts
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
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Illustrations (e.g. helmets, chestplates, etc.) included in later sections of manuscript; no author, publication details, or date included; begins with the Myōchin family tradition 明珍家傅; written in black ink, grammatical markers and edits made in red ink.
mssHM 81206
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Guide on military drills, signals, making banners and the like; some worming; nine pages; written in both black and red ink; no illustrations.
mssHM 81215
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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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A manuscript commonplace book, with text written in several different hands. The volume is written mostly in English but also contains French and German; though no country of origin is identified, it appears to be mainly British in subject. The text includes seven pages of index in the beginning of the volume; there are also rough drawings in pencil and pen, as well more finely executed pen and ink illustrations. The text covers an extraordinary range of subjects, including technical inventions and developments, animal husbandry, recipes, political comment, sports, current events, travel, medicinal cures, economics, wine, and many other topics. The volume is bound in late 18th century three-quarter calf gilt, red edges, with some wear to the binding.
mssHM 83388
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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