Japanese Works : Ryūkyūjin gyōretsu

Japanese Works

<p style='text-align: justify;'>This is a scrapbook of printed and handwritten ephemera in a scroll. The first three items are printed sheets of Ryūkyūjin gyōretsu 琉球人行列 (Processions of Ryūkyūans) including illustrations: the scroll itself is provisionally named 'Ryūkyūjin gyōretsu'. However, this scroll contains printed and hand written materials on other subjects as well.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Probably this scrapbook was compiled by 土井利恒 (Doi Toshitsune or Doi Toshitsugu) during the Bunsei 文政 period (1818-1830).</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Ryūkyū (Okinawa prefecture) was a independent kingdom until 1872. After the invasion of Ryūkyū by the Satsuma-han 薩摩藩 (the Fief of Satsuma) in 1634, the Mission of Ryūkyū (琉球使節) was dispatched to Edo 江戸 (Tokyo) 18 times before 1850.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>The following items are included (Hayashi Nozomu & Peter Kornicki: Early Japanese Books in Cambridge University Library: a Catalogue of the Aston, Satow and Von Siebold Collections):</p><div>1. （御免）琉球人行列附 〔寛政〕刊 （江戸、林屋茂兵衛）<br />2. （御免）琉球人行列附 寛政8刊 （江戸、三河屋半兵衛・清水屋治兵衛）<br />3. （御免）琉球人行列附 文化３刊 （江戸、山城屋善八・松代屋八三郎）<br />4. （京都御名代）松平讃岐守様、道中百万石之格式 〔文化文政頃〕刊<br />5. （4の行列について前句附） 〔文政頃〕写<br />6. 家伝日光丸（効能書） 〔文政頃〕写<br />7. ういろう売せりふ 〔文政頃〕写<br />8. 大坂開帳霊宝品々 （戯文） 〔文政頃〕写<br />9. 以下、紙背裏打戯文写本貼交 〔文政頃〕写<br /></div><br />