Another new publication worth checking out: a collection of essays and newly available documents on the Kaisei-maru, the western-style warship built by Sendai Domain at the end of the Tokugawa period.
https://t.co/8lVnSbxSnQ https://t.co/yIhPchrngQ
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.
https://t.co/54jiv61b4I https://t.co/iA60pj5Bl9
A somewhat disfigured "hip hip hooray!" upon arriving in the UK in 1862: P[>h]eppeppehorē ペツペツペホレー ... The note says: "Meaning unclear, likely a congratulatory expression."
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