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Kankai ibun : manuscript
Title
Kankai ibun : manuscript.
環海異聞, circa 1860
Production
Japan, circa 1860.
Physical Description
15 volumes (circa 1,000 double leaves) in 10 ; 27 cm (in 1 box)
Language
Japanese
Notes
Title from caption.
Preface by 大槻茂質 dated Bunka 4 [1807], stating that he and 志村弘強 prepared this work after questioning crewmen 津太夫 who returned to Japan, 13 years after the shipwreck.
Preface by Ōtsuki Shigetaka dated Bunka 4 [1807], stating that he and Shimura Hiroyuki prepared this work after questioning crewmen Tsudayū who returned to Japan, 13 years after the shipwreck.
Date from seller's description.
In Japanese.
Provenance
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2012.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript copy, in an unidentified hand, with drawings and maps, of Kankai ibun, an account of shipwrecked Japanese sailors, their travels in Russia, and their return to Japan, 1793-1804.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
April 15, 2019
References
Kankai ibun, circa 1860. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Kankai ibun, circa 1860. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Drawings (visual works)
Also listed under
大槻玄沢, 1757-1827.
志村弘強, 1769-1845.
津太夫, 1744-
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