Manuscripts
Kaibo igi
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- Description
- A set of nine manuscript volumes assembled and edited by Shioda Jun'an. Because of Shioda's prominent family he had a wide circle of influential friends in and out of government and he collected these texts on the subject of Japan's coastal defenses against foreign vessels and their attempts to make contact. The first eight volumes contain the writings of various scholars and officials, including Asaka Gonsai, Gamō Kunpei, Hirayama Gyozo, Kamei Shōyō, Matsumoto Tokizo, Saito Setsuzo, Sakuma Shōzan, Shiotani Kozo, Takano Chōei, Tōyama Kagemoto, Watanabe Kazan, and others. The final supplementary volume contains hand-drawn, watercolor illustrations of American sailors, Commodore James Biddle, and two American vessels, probably the USS Columbus and the USS Vincennes, the two warships Biddle commanded in 1846, when he entered Edo Bay in his unsuccessful attempt to force Japan to sign a treaty with the United States. The string-bound volumes are in good condition and are housed in a modern, custom-made folding case.
- Production date
- 1849.
- Call number
- mssHM 84131
