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Manuscript Watercolour Map Illustrating the Village of Ashinazawa Tamayamababa and Its Environs, Depicting Japanese Samurai Horse Breeding Grounds
Large manuscript watercoloured map to illustrate the village of Ashinazawa Tamayamababa and its environs (in present-day Morioka, Iwate Prefecture), showing lands used by samurai of the ruling Nanbu Clan for raising and breeding horses, also highlighting three mountains in relief by way of tipped-in folding cutouts. Place names and text is in Japanese. Signed in manuscript by a Samurai named Sakura Baba, as well as three other notable officials. Map measures approximately 135 x 82 cm. Some creasing, otherwise in very good condition, a very unique manuscript painted map from the feudal Morioka Domain. The village shown is Ashinazawa Tamayamababa, situated within 30 km from Morioka, which was then the Morioka Domain (Morioka-han), a tozama feudal domain of Edo period, under the rule of the Nanbu Clan (Nanbu-shi) of samurai whose territory spanned most of northeastern Honshu in the Tohoku region. [Today, Morioka (Morioka-shi) is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tohoku region of northern Japan. Ashinazawa is considered part of the Morioka district.] Ashinazawa Tamayamababa is also near, only 90 km, from Kakunodate (in present-day Akita Prefecture), also a former castle town and samurai stronghold. While Kakunodate Castle no longer remains, the town is famous for its samurai tradition and its hundreds of weeping cherry trees (shidarezakura). Apart from the loss of its castle, Kakunodate remains remarkably unchanged since its founding in 1620. The town was built with two distinct areas, the samurai district and the merchant district. Once home to 80 families, the samurai district still has some of the best examples of samurai architecture in all of Japan. Among the hills and near the village, some rather expansive horse-breeding fields are drawn on the map, presumably belonging to or at least managed by the Nanbu-shi samurai who signed the document. The horses would have been used by samurai warriors for military equestrianism, including bajutsu (a distinct form of martial art), for yabusame (mounted archery), and other practices of skilled battle on horse-back. Three mountains illustrated two-dimentionally, are all stratovolcanos forming part of the Ou Mountain range in the Tohoku region of northern Honshu. They appear to be illustrating Mount Iwate - the active volcano situated only 22 km from Ashinazawa, Mount Hachimantai - the highest peak in the Ou Mountains and only 46 km from Ashinazawa, and the active stratovolcano Akita-Komagatake located some 70 km from Ashinazawa. In red paint, several roadways are delineated, one of them reaching and following the summit line of one of the mountains. At the head of one of these roads, is a drawing of a cherry blossom trees, and an inscription which likely reads 'sakura', the term for of a group of cherry blossom trees, collectively. The flow of the Kakkonda and Shizukuishi rivers into the Kitakami is traced from the hills. In the distance, on the opposite side of the mountain ranges, a larger river is drawn, depicting the wider Tama River, which would eventually lead to Lake Tazawa. The Akita-Komagatake region is exceptionally lush, with several hundred species of alpine flora and would surely be an excellent place for horses to graze. Mount Hachimantai is especially characterized with hot springs, possibly being used as a source of warm water for cleaning or healing. In general, the vast region would be superb as a horse breeding ground. Horsemanship was an important duty and respected skill of the samurai. There were two classes of Samurai, and only upper-class samurai were allowed horses, although the lower class samurai who could find a way to possess their own horse, did so, with the belief that every samurai should have the honour and the benefit. Being on horse-back aided in part to best perform archery, spearmanship, and swordsmanship in battle. Horse-mounted samurai often fought by charging their horses at their opponent, in some cases causing a collision that would unbalance or even injure the other's steed.
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Anon.
Banpaku Shimoda nyuko kikigaki. [Oral Accounts on Foreign Ships which Entered Shimoda Port.]
Invaluable manuscript chronology of the earliest ships entering the port of Shimoda after the implementation of the Japanese-American treaty which opened up foreign trade with the previously isolationist nation, covering two years from February 1854 to February 1856, presented in the meticulous hand of a contemporary observer who compiled firsthand information as well as his own, together with a manuscript drawing of a Dutch sea captain in naval attire, made by Kitajima Toen. Manuscript: 8vo. 30 pages plus titled cover, string-tied at center of spine with rolled up paper, opening from left to right, measuring approximately 17 x 24 cm. Text is in Japanese, with occasional annotations in red ink. Drawing: Single leaf measuring approximately 24 x 33 cm, titled and signed in manuscript, with red ink stamp. Some creasing and indication of burrowing, otherwise in very good and original condition, clean and bright internally, an invaluable log of the earliest trade activity from the onset of the Convention of Kanagawa. With precise details, the writer keeps a record of vessels from America, Russia and France, arriving at Edo Bay, beginning with the return of Commodore Perry in February 1854 for the signing of what would be the Kanagawa Treaty, and continuing for two full years, featuring descriptions of the ships including dimensions and armament, repairs and supplies procured, captains' names and crew sizes, and their activities in Shimoda. This document is not only an invaluable historical log of the first and most significant foreign vessels to interact with Japan during the formative years of the Unequal Treaties, it may have been used in the Japanese study of foreign ships for their own benefit. Immediately after bowing to the demands of the powerful Western ships and their commanders, an active assimilation of Western technological advances in warships ensued in the Japanese Navy. In 1855 Japan acquired its first steam driven warship, and in 1857 its first screw driven warship. Japanese Naval students were sent abroad to naval schools in England, France, the Netherlands, and the like. By the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1867, its navy would possess eight western-style steam warships. The first vessels mentioned in the manuscript are from Perry's daunting and expanded 'Black Ships' fleet, including the Mississippi which had been one of the original four, as well the Vandalia, the Southampton, the Powhatan, and the Supply, the latter of which joined the squadron after the actual landing on 8 March. The Russian vessels being described in 1854, include the Russian Imperial Navy flagship frigate 'Diana' commanded by Vice-Admiral Euphimy Vasil'evich Putiatin, and possibly his former flagship frigate 'Pallada' which had been performing survey missions around the Japanese coast since 1853 and whose crew was transferred to Diana upon her arrival. The crew members of the Diana are listed by name, including her Imperial Navy officers, a cook, a waiter, and an interpreter. The earliest French vessel to arrive after Commodore Perry's successful treaty implementation, was a cruiser that arrived in Shimoda in February 1855, being 'Le Lion' which also landed at the Ryukyu Islands with the French missionaries from the 'Missions Étrangères de Paris', Girard, Furet and Mermet, hoping to discuss their interests in evangilizing. Catholicism was strictly forbidden in Japan. They also landed at Naha, the main port of Okinawa, on 26 February. The cruiser was denied any official communication as a formal agreement did not exist between France and Japan. On this voyage, Father Louis Théodore Furet, an apostolic missionary, carried out instrumental observations at Nafa [Naha, Okinawa] on the Ryûkyû Islands. A set of the meteorological manuscripts by Father Furet was given to Jean Barthe, the physician onboard the French frigate 'La Sibylle', who forwarded them to the 'Académie des Sciences' in Paris and to the 'Société Météorologique de France'. Meteorological observations were also carried out by Jean Barthe from 'La Sibylle'. Although negotiations were denied, the two French warships were permitted at the port of Hakodate, in Hokkaido, and members of the crew of La Sibylle who suffered severely from dysentery and scurvy received medical aid and food in a Buddhist temple. In Spring 1855, France sent an embassy under Commander-in-Chief of the French Oriental Naval Force, Captain Nicolas Francois Guerin, commanding the French warship 'La Virginie', in order to obtain similar advantages to those of other Western powers. Guerin is known for playing the primary role on behalf of the French, in pressing for, obtaining the first negotiations, and then signing a Treaty of Amity between France and the Ryûkyû Kingdom.
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Craigie, Sir William A.and Aitken, A. J.
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue from the Twelfth Century to the End of the Seventeenth Volume 3: H- L
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light cover wear. One corner a bit worn. Completely clean inside, light fading outside. This is Volume 3: H - L only, of this 3 volume set. 12" high X 9" wide, xxxii, 1009 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Vv.Aa.
Art & Language
This is a fine softcover copy in stiff white wrappers with the title in orange on the front cover. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Spanish and English. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga from September 3 to November 7, 2004. Includes transcript of a paper given by Art & Language members Michael Baldwin, Charles Harrison and Mel Ramsden at Kings College, London on June 4-5, 2004. Illustrated throughout in color with photographs of Miguel Cereceda's sculpture and paintings. 10" high X 8" wide, 123 pages.
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Siklos, Richard
Shades of Black : Conrad Black & the World's Fastest Growing Press Empire
466 pages, illustrated, notes and sources, select bibliography. eng
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Postman Pat's ABC
Illustrated in colour. eng
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Tsujita, Etsuko and Colin Lloyd
Japanese in a Week
90 pages, illustated. eng
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Hutchcroft, Diana M. R.
Making Language Work : a Practical Approach to Literacy for Teachers of 5- to 13-Years-old Children
Co-Authors are Iain G. Ball, Maude G. Brown, James J. Fairbairn, Ralph Lavender and Brian R. Watkins. eng
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Lexus
Harrap's French Phrase Book
24mo, 128 pages, not illustrated. Including a 5000 word dictionary. eng
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Chunn, Nancy
Front Pages
Folio, 206 pages, illustrations throughout. Interview with the artist by Gary Indiana. eng
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Cassell's Concise English Dictionary : Etymological and Pronouncing
12mo, 511 pages, not illustrated. Damage to the spine. Previous owner's inscription. eng
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Roget, Peter
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. Vol. 2
12mo, 371 pages, not illustrated. (Everyman's Library ; 631). eng
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Johnson, S. C.
Everybody's Pocket Dictionary of the English Language: Incorporating the Modern Words
24 mo, 256 pages, not illustrated. Covers are worn. Inscription of previous owner on front end paper dated 1955. eng
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Marcheteau, Michel . [et al.]
Dictionnaire De L'Anglais Economique et Commercial
12mo, 635 pages, not illustrated. eng
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Ensol, Armel . [et al.]
Cours de Preparation aux Examens d'Anglais Commercial
8vo, over 300 pages plus 4 unopened audio cassettes. eng
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Marcheteau, Michel, J.-P. Berman et M. Savio
L'anglais economique et Commercial
12mo, 448 pages, not illustrated. eng
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Marcheteau, Michel, J.-P. Berman et M. Savio
L'anglais economique et Commercial : 20 Dossiers sur la Langue des Affaires
12mo, 448 pages, not illustrated plus 3 audio cassettes in a wallet. eng
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Radford, Edwin; Smith, Alan
To Coin a Phrase : A Dictionary of Origins
128 pages, edited and revised by Alan Smith, ex public library with usual signs. eng
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Hopkins, Ragne & Helen M. Corlett
Norwegian Phrase Book
128 pages, ink notes on inside front cover. eng
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Collin, S. M. H. . [et al.]
Dictionary of Computing & Information Technology: English-French, French-English
With over 20.000 main words and expressions. eng
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Esposto, Roberto
Latin American Spanish Phrasebook
256 pages, illustrated, index. eng
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Amos, Janine (ed.)
Telling the Time
Illustrated by Joanna Stubbs, some wear to the covers. eng
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French Phrasebook
(Brockhampton Reference). ISBN 1860190626. 22064. eng
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The English Language : Its Beauty and Use
Near VG hardback reprint in an incomplete dust jacket. Front endpaper removed. 384 pages. 23276. eng
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The mini Oxford encyclopaedic dictionary. 1: A-bohea
VG pbk reprint. 11863. eng
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Tourist's vade mecum of French colloquial conversation : with vocabularies, tables and imitated pronuniciation of every word
Reprint of the 2nd edition. Near VG in red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Ink notes on the rear endpaper. Tape marks on the rear inside cloth. Previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. 12682. eng
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Barnard, J. B. C. and P. Leach
English for present-day examinations
Reprint of the 5th edition. VG hbk bound in brown cloth, silver title lettering. viii, 241 p. 23427. eng
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Beard, Roger
Children's Writing in the Primary School
1st edition. VG pbk. ISBN 0340356316. (UKRA teaching of reading manuscripts). Former Polytechnic Library copy. 19338. eng
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Black, E. L. and Fielding, R.
Practice papers in English language
VG pbk reprint. 11839. eng
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Brachet, Auguste
The Public School Elementary French Grammer in Two Parts : Part I, Accidence
New edition revised by Elphege Janau. VG in red cloth with black lettering. Adapted for the use of English Schools and persons engaged in elementary teaching by P.H.E. Brette and Gustave Masson. 10406. eng
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Burton, S. H.
A comprehensive English course
7th impression. Good in decorated boards. Endpapers removed. Previous owner's inscription on the title page. 15434. eng
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Ellis, D. L & D. van der Luit
Travellers' Dutch
2nd Pan printing. VG pbk. ISBN 0330263803. 15437. eng
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Ferguson, Elsie (ed.)
Use your Italian
1st edition. VG pbk. Radio Tie-in. Italian text by Pietro Giorgetti. 20157. eng
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Garratt, B. W.
Chroniques : Articles from 'Le Figaro' for advanced study
1st edition. VG in slightly marked green cloth. Text mainly in French. 10346. eng
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Gifford, Donald S.
Spanish
VG hbk reprint in pictorial boards. ISBN 0004339045. (Collins phrase books). Maps of Spain on the endpapers.15555. eng
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Gonzalez, Mike
Diamond Spanish dictionary : Spanish-English, English-Spanish
VG hbk reprint. 11744. eng
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Gowers, Ernest
The complete plain words
VG pbk reprint of the 2nd edition. Revised by Sir Bruce Fraser. ISBN 0140205543. 19801. eng
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Hedgcock, Frank A.
Le Chemin du Francais : an Organised French Course in Three Parts. Part 2
1st edition. Good hbk bound in soiled grey cloth, red title lettering. Endpapers browned. 22587. eng
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Higgleton, Elaine, Howard Sargent and Anne Seaton (eds.)
Chambers Pocket Dictionary
1st edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/VG. ISBN 0550105832. 19899. eng
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Howard, Philip
Weasel words
1st edition. Hardback in dustjacket. VG/VG (price clipped). Inscription on the front endpaper. 13039. eng
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Hugo
German Dictionary : German-English English-German
VG reprint in plastic covers. ISBN 0852850670.21281. eng
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Irving, Gordon
Take no notice : a riotous collection of signs, notices & graffiti
Good pbk reprint. Front cover creased. 13056. eng
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Jones, J. Stanley
A first modern English course for technical and senior schools : part one
Near VG hbk reprint in faded red cloth with black lettering. Former college library copy. With four pages of instructions.22656. eng
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Jones, J. Stanley
A first modern English course for technical and senior schools : part one
VG reprint in red cloth with black lettering. Cover spine sunned. 8711. eng
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Kahn, John
What's in a word? : the fascinating stories behind some everyday words
1st edition. Fine pbk. Cartoons by Larry. 20532. eng
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Love, Catherine E.
Diamond Italian dictionary : Italian-English, English-Italian
VG hbk reprint in boards. 11745. eng
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MacLagan, Thomas T.
The royal English dictionary and word treasury
New edition, revised and enlarged by J. H. G. Grattan. Good in faded red cloth. Inscription on the front endpaper. 7326. eng
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Macpherson, A. S.
Detsches Leben : Erster Teil
VG hbk bound in orange cloth, black decoration and lettering. Illustrated by Adrian Hill.21496. eng
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Patterson, William Robert
Colloquial French
10th impression. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/G (soiled and frayed). 20725. eng
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Patterson, R. F. (ed.)
English Dictionary
VG pbk. Pages browning. Over 450 pages with over 30,000 entries. 20143. eng
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