This emaki of the Genji monogatari is owned by the Tokugawa Museum, which published a replica in 1936. #TaleofGenji #ndldigital https://t.co/kTSayPToud https://t.co/A1Y67U297l
Suikinfu is a picture scroll of waterfowl, and you can see many #birds living near water in Japan. This is a pair of crested shelducks caught in 1822. This species is considered to already be extinct in Japan. #ndldigital https://t.co/eQz3LzIiCv https://t.co/XFLtqLwyKV
“Edo jiman meisan zue” is an illustrated book of short stories, in which mascots personifying some of Edo’s best loved products take part in an adventure. It is written by Santo Kyodeon, one of Edo's best-selling authors.
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2023 is the year of the #Rabbit. This is an ukiyoe series by #UtagawaKuniyoshi associated with the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac. #ndldigital
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At Iriya in Tokyo, morning glory fairs have been held since the end of the Edo period, attracting many people. The cat pattern on the kimono of the woman holding a flowerpot is as vivid as the morning glories. #ndldigital https://t.co/CQnXCmmw59 https://t.co/BzMDAL6z8u
New publication alert: the diary of the Marukichi merchant house, covering the turbulent years from 1783-1844. A really invaluable (and freely available) source for the economic and social history of Tokugawa Japan.
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This draft of haiku by Natsume Soseki was evaluated by Masaoka Shiki. Which one's your favorite? #ndldigital https://t.co/9DEyvlNqBF https://t.co/AE9KY93Zrn
Some magazines have deteriorated and may be torn just by touching them. What are library staff doing to make them readable in a hundred years?
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Heitengi (a kind of astrolabe) is a quick-reference chart for the paths of the sun, moon, and stars. The author Iwahashi Yoshitaka was a telescope manufacturer in the Edo period. #astronomy https://t.co/S7wrzpsFnR https://t.co/sHUPw3oOlE
In the Edo period, #JapaneseGardening evolved in a unique way. Check out these beautiful pictures. #ndldigital https://t.co/DonP5kBDai https://t.co/aqwz6kNo3N
#Kachoga (#FlowerandBird paintings), depicting flowers and birds of the four seasons, are one of the most popular subjects in Japanese painting. #Hiroshige produced a number of flower-and-bird paintings. #ndldigital #ukiyoe https://t.co/gRhqTJEBMH https://t.co/wueR5NZG6M
#YoshuChikanobu created a sugoroku, or Japanese board game, with the motif of Chiarini's circus in 1886. #nishikie #ndldigital https://t.co/z3XewBwjpG https://t.co/nMevakQEjD
This colorful cover to the magazine Shojo Sekai (Girl’s World) is typical of the girls magazines that were popular during the early 20th century.
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Enjoy beautiful illustrations of over 460 kinds of fauna and flora in this 3-volume illustrated reference book from the mid-18th century. https://t.co/wo39bGn857 #ndldigital https://t.co/0XHpmKIbRs
The first SAKATA Tojuro was a famous leading man during the Genroku period (1688 to 1704), who was particularly well known for his ability to play romantic scenes.
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This Chinese language dictionary/phrasebook for Japanese soldiers, published same month as outbreak of first Sino-Japanese war 1894, is pretty much as awful as you might expect.『兵要支那語』 I’ll post comments and translations at @froginawellnet soon https://t.co/GsZhgSxj6h https://t.co/DDcKAsIq4K
@TheJohnRylands Here's a photo of the aforementioned copy of Sok Samgang haengsil-to @TheJohnRylands, from this 2019 report on their Chinese collection: https://t.co/uBb5sm7npk
For comparison, the same page -- but intact! -- from an @NDLJP_en copy of the same edition: https://t.co/Wk2oLRqnHc 6/ https://t.co/5kqSARamon
The yūrei-zu genre was popularized in the Edo period, possibly inaugurated by the work of Maruyama Ōkyo in the 18th cen. His Ghost of Oyuki painting here is perhaps one of the most widely recognized ghost portraits. See the Yoshitoshi in high res here: https://t.co/oUGPYg050f https://t.co/pwPQ1k1yPF