Japanese anti-Christian manuscript

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  mssHM 84069

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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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  Japanese ikebana manuscript

  Manuscripts

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  mssHM 72754

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  Portolan atlas, Portuguese : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

  Manuscripts

  ff. 40. [Fernão Vaz Dourado]. [Portolan atlas]. Latin. Contains 17 maps, etc.: 1, Southern South America; 2, Eastern South America from the Amazon to the La Plata River; 3, West Indies, Central America, part of Mexico, and southeastern United States; 4, Newfoundland and east coast of North America; 5, Scandinavia and northwestern Europe; 6, Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea; 7, Western Mediterranean, Europe, and northern Africa; 8, Northwestern Africa; 9, Southern Africa and Madagascar; 10, Indian Ocean (western part); 11, Eastern Africa, Arabia, and India; 12, Southeast China, Japan, East Indies (northern part); 13, East Indies; 14, East Indies (eastern part); 15, West coast of North America; 16, West coast of United States and Mexico; 17, West coast of South America from Ecuador to northern Chile; 18, Cosmographical data, as described in PMC, 3:15 and reproduced in pl. 276.

  mssHM 41

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  [Single sheet manuscript in Japanese]

  Manuscripts

  Simple sheet in Japanese: content unidentified; looks like some kind of letter and/or diary type entry; written on rectangular sheet; printed on paper with landscape design; given the language and script style, date seems to be approximately late 19th c. (i.e. Meiji).

  mssHM 81208

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  Manuscripts

  Manuscripts

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  mssHM 80196-80226