Manuscripts
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Amerikasen raikōzu
Manuscripts
Sketch manuscript map shows Commodore Perry's fleet entering Edo bay, probably on the 8th of March, 1854, given that seven vessels are shown. The bay is roughly outlined, showing Perry's fleet in the center, as well as the location of major landmarks including the city of Edo, the towns of Futtsu and Tateyama near to the entrance to the bay, and the three heavily fortified artificial islands which stood in the bay close to the city of Edo. Text beside the second ship indicates this is Perry's vessel, text along the shoreline tells us which clan was defending that section of coastline.
mssHM 83876
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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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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
Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac
Visual Materials
Image of the naval battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (also called the Merrimac or Merrimack) from the coastline during the American Civil War; Union officers on horseback view ironclad warships attacking a Union battleship while soldiers and civilians rescue sailors from the water with lifeboats; soldiers fire cannons from fort at right.
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Charles W.C. Senter letters
Manuscripts
The nine letters, which Senter wrote to his friend "Miss Elizabeth," cover his time spent on board the USS Shenandoah and USS Oneida with the US Navy from 1865-1869. In those four years he was sent to Brazil, South Africa, India, Madagascar, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, and China. More specifically he talks in detail about his time in Rio de Janeiro, Simon's Town, Cape of Good Hope, Bombay, Tamatave, Bangkok, Yokohama-shi, Hyogo-ken, Hokkaido, and Ying Xian. His letters from Thailand discuss the funeral plans for King Pinklao; included with the letters is a copy of the "funeral circular" distributed by King Mongkut (the copy was handwritten by Senter).
mssHM 66755-66763
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Amerika fujin
Rare Books
Japanese description of American woman and two boys. Illustrated handbill probably published in the late Edo period (approximately 1846 to 1868). Divided into three sections, the most prominent depicts an American woman with accompanying text, the other two sections an object which appears to be a fountain and the lower section two American boys. Japanese interest in America and its people was heightened following the arrival of Biddle in 1846 and later Perry in 1853, although accurate information was difficult to obtain. The text which accompanies the image of the American woman describes her in translation as "the most beautiful woman in the west. Her name is 'Akirisanteru' and she is nineteen years old." The image of the two American boys is described: "The older boy is twelve years old and holds a heavy vase made of iron. The younger boy is four years old and holds a racket." The object in the upper left is named as a "Konstapontein" and may be a scientific instrument rather than a fountain.
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